New PC - Fan Noise

Now33

Myser wrote: »

The AMD graphics card should have a utility to adjust the fan speed. Check in the system tray near the clock.

I cant't find this. I have found some information on the graphics card under PC Properties which I found under Control Panel\Hardware and Sound|Devices and Printer - but there doesn't seem to be an option to adjust the speed here. Any ideas where else to look?

Myser

If it isn't already installed, download AMD Catalyst for your graphics card:

http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/Pages/index.aspx

That should let you adjust the graphics card fan speed profile.

spannerzone

Now33 wrote: »

Its a Dimension E520, bought about 4 years ago.

I have one of those and they were very quiet - my newer Dell desktop (Inspiron 530/Vostro 200) was considerably noisier due to using more fans that ran faster.

Isaac_Dunne

There's a possibility the fan component is shaking when spinning increasing the noise with additional vibration, It my be a software error but it wouldn't hurt to see if the fan needs a tighter fitting.