Originally Posted By: tfabris
Yes, the PSU is a major culprit, but you'll also run into trouble quieting down the CPU cooling fan and the video card cooling fan.

I'd recommend the same, but it's not going to be difficult at all to replace the PSU fan. Actually, it's a whole heck of a lot easier than in a normal system!

Remember Tony, Shuttle's cooling method is to use heat pipes that go back and up to a heatsink on the back of the system, and have a fan blow the air over that (image below). It's really easy to remove/replace that fan (you don't have to touch the heatsink).

I'd definitely pick the PSU fan as the culprit. The PSU in my wife's Shuttle went bad a little faster than I would have hoped. And that's a tiny fan in there that's probably spinning pretty fast.


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Edited by Dignan (29/09/2009 01:58)
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