[mythtv-users] Underclocking...?

[Brad Templeton]

On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 04:49:29PM -0600, Larry Silverman wrote:
> Check out http://www.silentpcreview.com/ for advice.
> 
> The fan on the motherboard is cooling the motherboard chipset (prob
> northbridge) and removing it is not a good idea unless you have
> confirmation or advice from others that you can do so.  It's probably
> there for a reason, right?  On the other hand, you could possibly
> successfully replace it with a heatsink.
> 

Of course a 1ghz processor plus motherboard is of such tiny value today
you may want to consider more drastic steps like replacing them with
stuff deliberately designed to be low noise.  Or you can replace your
northbridge fan and CPU fan with low-noise fans, in particular you want
to get a thermostat controlled fan.  Those are common and can be found
in most computer stores and certainly online.   You might have to remove
your heatsync and cpu to put the temperature sensor under the CPU if your
motherboard doesn't have one.