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First of all, I have never encountered a computer making a noise more distressing than the one produced when SVN fails. Every time I try to submit something for work without connecting to the private network first I feel like I've dreadfully upset it.
In general, though, my computer is now feeling a lot better, because after the CPU fan just decided to stop last week, I found the replacement that I'd ordered had arrived while I was away in New York. And apparently this one doesn't just think of itself as a fan - it's a TR2-R1 Thermaltake (R1 Flow Type). After I'd carelessly grabbed it and splodged my index finger right into the middle of the layer of thermal paste on the base, it was surprisingly easy to install, with a clip that just went on right away rather than having to be forced in with a crowbar like the last one. And it's enormous - I had to twist a few power supply cables away from it for fear of them getting caught.
As you'd expect from something that size, it cools the CPU down to a temperature much like the one I was getting by blowing a Vornado air circulator directly into the open side of the case. I'm going to have to keep one eye on the temperature over the next few days, but I'm confident that it's going to stay safe from now on, or at least for the next six years (by which time I might even be finishing off Crystal Towers 2).
Which leaves me only able to complain about how rubbish ITE Smart Guardian looks. This is what happens when you get OS-level coders to design the look of a program. The icons for the thermometer, processor and power were obviously done up in MS Paint in about five combined minutes, and nothing even lines up right - it look like somebody sneezed a bit too hard on it and knocked all the objects out of place just before they sent it off for production. Also note the incredibly professional Comic Sans title font and their logo at the top done (with no expense spared) by FlamingText.com.
But at least it reports the fan is now moving - it's also apparently ultra-silent, but you'd be hard pressed to tell because thanks to my overenthusiastic cleaning of the case I seem to have knackered the power supply fan now and it moans unspeakably when the computer is first turned on. I know from experience that this goes away over time, and it's also temporarily curable by hitting it at the back of the top of the tower - one of the nice things about computers is that if they don't do what you want there's no law against slapping them about a bit.
In general, though, my computer is now feeling a lot better, because after the CPU fan just decided to stop last week, I found the replacement that I'd ordered had arrived while I was away in New York. And apparently this one doesn't just think of itself as a fan - it's a TR2-R1 Thermaltake (R1 Flow Type). After I'd carelessly grabbed it and splodged my index finger right into the middle of the layer of thermal paste on the base, it was surprisingly easy to install, with a clip that just went on right away rather than having to be forced in with a crowbar like the last one. And it's enormous - I had to twist a few power supply cables away from it for fear of them getting caught.
As you'd expect from something that size, it cools the CPU down to a temperature much like the one I was getting by blowing a Vornado air circulator directly into the open side of the case. I'm going to have to keep one eye on the temperature over the next few days, but I'm confident that it's going to stay safe from now on, or at least for the next six years (by which time I might even be finishing off Crystal Towers 2).Which leaves me only able to complain about how rubbish ITE Smart Guardian looks. This is what happens when you get OS-level coders to design the look of a program. The icons for the thermometer, processor and power were obviously done up in MS Paint in about five combined minutes, and nothing even lines up right - it look like somebody sneezed a bit too hard on it and knocked all the objects out of place just before they sent it off for production. Also note the incredibly professional Comic Sans title font and their logo at the top done (with no expense spared) by FlamingText.com.
But at least it reports the fan is now moving - it's also apparently ultra-silent, but you'd be hard pressed to tell because thanks to my overenthusiastic cleaning of the case I seem to have knackered the power supply fan now and it moans unspeakably when the computer is first turned on. I know from experience that this goes away over time, and it's also temporarily curable by hitting it at the back of the top of the tower - one of the nice things about computers is that if they don't do what you want there's no law against slapping them about a bit.
