Noise problem DL360 G3

[mark cowperthwaite]

thank you....

it's like having a baby with collic in our server room this constant drone of white noise wailing in the background. applying the rompaq now.

[Jim Stratton_2]

For those of you who have done something to solve this problem, how much quieter are the fans now? Is it a little quieter, or typical-PC-under-the-desk quiet?

I'm having the same problem with the DL320 (and I'm off to start a new thread).

Thanks,
Jim

[Bob Haussmann]

The difference for us was night and day. With the fans running at full speed, you couldn't even stand at the server rack and talk on the phone at the same time. With the patch, it is much more quiet. It isn't "pc under the desk" quiet, but not too far off from that in a temperature controlled room.

[Cris Rijsdijk_1]

Is there a known fix for a DL320 G2?
I updated the rom to p026, update smartstart to 6.20 but still a terrible noise.
Somebody knows what to do or isn't there a patch/fix for the DL320 G2 yet ?

[Cris Rijsdijk_1]

Bump

[Giel Cuijpers]

Help!

I did all the above, and still no result.

My BIOS is 3/19/2003, applied Support Paq 6.2 (for W2K).

I Cleared Nvram, I tried changing the S3 jumper. Nothing helps.

Any more ideas?

Thanx.

Giel Cuijpers

[Bob Haussmann]

Geil,

Are you sure that the s3 jumper is fully in the "off" position? This disables hardware control of the fans. I know that on ours (mounted in the rack) it was difficult to get at this jumper because of equipment above.

Bob

[Terry Hutchings]

What's the temperature like in the environment the server is installed in?

[Giel Cuijpers]

Yes, the jumper is fully set to off. I did not install the server in a rack yet. The temperature in the room is 21 degrees Celcius.

[Nathaniel Grayson]

Even after we install the correct BIOS. We had to have the system board replaced to get the fans to quite down.

Nathaniel