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« on: February 24, 2003, 05:17:00 PM »
If you have one of those shiny new G4's and don't care for the noise, here is a solution from Apple.

<https://depot.info.apple.com/generic/index.html>

Or you could just send it to me, I'll pay all the freight!            

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« Reply #1 on: February 24, 2003, 06:07:00 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2003, 08:59:00 PM »
Well, sure! Hide this info under some strange, off-the-wall title! What do you want me to do, search the message texts, too?!
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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2003, 09:58:00 PM »
"reduce the operating accoustic level"????
   

LOL. They go so far as to say that this is a fix to make things quieter, without so much as admitting that the darn things are actually NOISY or LOUD. Steve's RDF hard at work again...
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« Reply #4 on: March 28, 2003, 01:23:00 AM »
Apple has started shipping the fan kits!

Hope mine arrives soon. I read on the Apple Discussion forums that the kit makes a nice difference.
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« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2003, 10:49:00 AM »
Saw this at the dealmac Forum.  

A before and after.

http://homepage.mac.com/bsharp1/iMovieTheater14.html

Also. An interesting Super Quiet PC project.

http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/howto/s...3422228,00.html

He got it down to 14 db.

"For reference, here are a few readings for some everyday events.

*   Rocket launching: 180 dB
*   Jet taking off: 140 dB
*   Air raid siren: 125 dB
*   Threshold of pain for human ear: 120 dB
*   Loud rock music at a concert: 115 dB
*   Level where ear damage starts: 85 dB
*   Busy street: 70 dB
*   Normal conversation: 60 dB
*   Yoshi's cubicle: 46 dB
*   Library: 40 dB
*   Rustling leaves: 30 dB
*   Yoshi's movie room (no movie showing): 24 dB
*   Soft whisper: 20 dB
*   Threshold of sound perception: 10 dB
*   Threshold of human hearing: 0 dB

Test results

I used a Larson Davis 824 sound-level meter. It's very easy to use.

*   Stock OEM PC: 38 dB
*   Laptop (with fan on): 42 dB
*   Yoshi's Project YS-2: 8 dB (120 Hz and above), 14 dB (100 Hz and below)"

http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/howto/j...3422244,00.html
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« Reply #6 on: March 29, 2003, 12:50:00 PM »
I will be interested in the Verax modification for the G4. According to the German company, the "Veraxed Mac" whispers at only 0.9 sone.

I tried to figure out what 0.9 sone means in dB, but it's too foreign to me. One site I found had some comparison figures which leads me to believe that 0.9 sone is about 25 - 30 dB.

The price for the Verax system has yet to be determined. Some guess it will be approximately $100 to $150 US. The Verax company is trying to get Apple to sanction the kit so that people won't void their warranties if they install the kit.
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« Reply #7 on: March 29, 2003, 01:37:00 PM »
That QT movie showed the G4 while it was asleep. The one I heared was in a shop and it wasn't that bad until the processor reached a certain temp and the big fan kicked in for a while.

Kind of like the difference between a Euerka and a Hoover.
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