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I would not restrict air supply/flow.  This could lead to a very short
life for the electronics parts.  Instead, you should be able to reduce
noise pretty effectively by placing your computer box in a sound proofed
enclosure with air vents stategically placed.  At one place where I
worked about 15 years ago, we employed this scheme.

Paul Rubin (phr@netcom.com) wrote:
: I'm interested in using my computer in a very quiet room and getting
: rid of its whirring noises.  I can hack together a fan-less power
: supply, but what can I do about the disk?  (Forget solid state, I need
: to keep the costs within reason).  I don't need a super-high-capacity
: or high performance disk; one of the 1 GB 3.5" low profile units would
: do fine (bigger/faster disks may run hotter).  But I worry that
: sticking any such disk into a box full of sound deadening material
: (such as foam) could also cause it to overheat because the sound
: deadening materials tend to be thermal insulators as well, and I don't
: want to use a fan.  I don't need miniaturization but would like to
: keep the size of the box within reason (say 0.5 cu ft) while still
: making it completely or almost completely soundproof (if I can hear
: something by pressing my ear to it, that's ok; I just don't want it to
: bug me while I'm typing, the way the 2.5" disk in my laptop does).

: Any suggestions either for commercial products of this type
: or methods for homebrewing would be appreciated.  Thanks.

-- 
Dr. Ken