Windows 10: How I fixed my noisy Asus VivoMini V66 PC fan (Hint: it sucked)

So I've used Apple all-in-ones and iMacs since 1986. Tim Cook has been efficiently destroying Apple and I jumped off the iMac ship in April of 2017. I did so because my 3 year old iMac was going to be replaced by a new one that... really... wasn't that different from my old one... except that it came with a notable price increase.

So I decided to get a Mini PC and monitor. Why? One silly reason I didn't want YET another camera staring me in the face with a nearby mic. Both the Asus monitor and VivoMini PC allowed me this. Another reason was how 'easy' the VivoMini PC is to open.





I loved the idea of this thing. But the execution has been painful. What was promised as 'library whisper quiet' really turned out to be kinda loud. If you've ever been in a hotel room while someone is vacuuming next door, it sounds something like that.

I contacted support. They casually suggested sending it in. Why I didn't is they have an annoying tendency to wipe your drive and then I'd have to spend a while putting everything back in its place. I opted out.

Over the year or so it got louder. And louder. To the point it made a disturbing sound when turned on in the morning. Almost a 'clackity-clack' at boot.. which went away... and was only 'fan' noise the rest of the day. I mean you touch anything and the fan would increase. YouTube upset it immensely.

A few days ago I noticed that the heat outtake had 3 of about 30 tiny holes clogged.





I rolled my Hoover upright over. Crossed my fingers. Turned it on and aimed the bare nozzle on it. Worked it for a few seconds. Hit the intake holes on the other side.

Fan noise is now %99 gone. It is now as 'whisper/library quiet' as the marketing promised.

Don't fear. The fan still works. I know it does because the temperature readings are MUCH lower than usual. I'm at 46C and all summer it's been a fast jump to the 60s and 70s.

What's infuriating here is that -- if it was dust somehow -- how was it that my unit has NEVER been this quiet? Think about it. It means that dust was in it AT PURCHASE. And I can confirm it just wasn't me because other reviewers of the unit had the same complaint about the noisy fan.

Anyway I'm planting this here in case it helps someone surfing the net.

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my laptop has gained this problem with the fan being very noisy.. you know its now irritating.. anyone knows how I can fix this?

 

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