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Tips & Tricks to quiet down the PC

Here is some useful information, that will help you to quieten your system.
  • Laser printer
    When purchasing a laser printer or a laserfax-combi device please pay attention that the device is fanless. There are appliances which not only generate noise when printing but also in stand-by. We can recommend the combi device HP Laserjet 3200 which is very quiet and of good quality.

  • Screens
    We recommend that you generally abandon CRT screens. The sound of your screen will be more noticeable now that your PC is absolutely silent. Large format high quality TFT-screens are now available at reasonable prices. Attention: Some TFT screens generate high-frequency buzzing! In doubt pre-examine at your dealer or agree 'sale or return'.

  • TFT/DVI
    If you want maximum quality, you should use DVI as the screen signal will be transferred digitally. When using analogue VGA-access the signal has to be converted twice, once on the graphic card and once in the screen. This results in loss of quality performance.

  • DVD- and CD-Drives...
    These drives can become very loud as they travel at speed. The reading rate of most of the drives is far below the theoretical value (up to 52-fold) that would justify the high revolution speed.

    CD and DVD drives can rotate considerably slower without any loss of speed when retrieving data. A single speed drive will suffice when playing music or video-CDs and DVDs. At this speed the drive is practically inaudible.

    A good program to lower the noise of drives is:
    CD-Bremse von Jörg Fiebelkorn
    CD-ROM Tool
    This program will limit the revolution of CD and DVD-drives





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