Fan Noise? How's the fan noise/vibration?
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Probably not what you are asking about however, I had a fan problem with mine but not right away. After 5 days of ownership, I carried around my N120 and the following day the fan was making a rattling noise. The fan blade was obviously hitting something (similar to a stick hitting bicycle spokes). It appears there was something lose that decided to interfere with the fan blades. It would go away once it is powered down, it would also change volume if you move the computer around. Otherwise, the fan is quiet and normal, no vibration.
771197
Define "really loud." Mine makes a noticeable noise throughout its entire on-cycle, but it is slightly louder on start-up. If I had to compare the running noise, though, I'd say slightly above desktop fan and slightly below window fan. It's not "whisper-quiet," that's for sure. But, the 'white noise' effect is somewhat soothing, I find. That's just me, though. I hope this helps!
2034324
Hi Bill, with the stock fans it does have a small but noticeable noise, but nothing too extreme.
1613911
I've found the fan noise to be similar to other ultrabook-style laptops if I'm using it intensively. It's not excessively loud, but it is noticeable, especially if you're sensitive to higher frequency noises.
1733099
Yes, the fan makes some noise. Not unbearable, but not somewhere between a whisper and soft talk.
1780529
Can you tell me how loud the noise is or if it makes any noise at all? I need a really quiet one that on one will be able to hear because I'll be using it at work and don't want to irritate my coworkers with a header or fan noise.
2198870
In last 2 months, I have not heard any fan noise. But I am using 15% of the capacity at this time. It's pretty quite.
247024
Hi it hums a little and it gets louder when you change the fan speed. If it was to loud I would not be able to sleep with the noise.
2154294
Sorry for the delayed answer. The fan is not at all loud. Definitely less noise than my full-sized HP.
1432800
My experience has been that the fan is very quiet. Since I put a solid state drive in it, there is no hard drive noise either.
2109676
I have yet to experience any coil whine. The fan can be very loud when I'm pushing the CPU (I sometimes have After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, and Illustrator all running at the same time) but it's fairly quite in normal use.
940111
The fans move plenty of air however the front fans were a little loud for me so I swapped them out with some higher quality ones from corsair. Was a pain so only do it if they are too noisy for you.
2258146
I have one of my 5 fans on my receiver, so it is laying flat. So far, I have not hear any noise or vibration of any kind. Only time will tell.
1544727
It isn't significant running in typical environments. System intense rendering can get that fan humming but it still isn't annoying. I control the fan while running Bootcamp and crank it to max when gaming and only then is it very loud. However I am okay with that cause you need to keep a card cool for gaming.
2060541
I definitely have noticed the fan noise, when I switched to this device from a single-drive enclosure that did not use a fan. But the device was on top of the desk right next to me, and w/o music playing it did create enough noise to make me wish it was quieter. I just moved the unit under the desk, and now it does not bother me at all. As others have said, with 2 drives spinning in there, you don't want to turn off the fan or your disks will be running hot and fail before their time.
2081373
I don't find it noisy. Since the enclosure is fanless, the only noise is when the drive is spinning.
975316
The fan isnt very loud at all, kind of a very low hum......used it camping about 2 weeks ago. We like it alot.