OK, it's embarrassing that I don't know how to do this but...<P>(feel free to point and laugh, as long as you also answer my question)<P>The CPU fan on my Athlon T-Bird has started making a soft, high ...

If you replace the fan with something quieter, you'll also be moving less air over the heatsink, increasing the operating temperature (it's already quite hot).<BR><BR>If you switch to an aftermarket ...

I never considered cooling important enough in my first few PC builds, trusting cheap cases and stock coolers, and never looking at the CPU temps or fan curves. This approach might have worked for ...