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Lets get to the details:
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 Cut the carpet pad into pieces that
cover most of the large flat surfaces. Use a few spots of hot glue to secure.
 The pad is only applied to the case
cover side that covers the main access to the motherboard. To make removing the cover easier leave at least 2
inches of space from the top of the cover otherwise the pad will catch and you will have
to bend the sides to much to remove the cover. See Update
 UPDATE: I
came up with a better way of doing the case main side by making it removable. Doing it
this way makes it much easier to remove and install the case cover. The cardboard is hot
glued to the carpet pad for reinforcement. The notch at the top right of the cardboard is not
necessary it was the only piece I had at the time. You can use a square piece of cardboard just make sure
you leave a border so you can tuck in the carpet pad.
 The power supply fan box is a very
important part of this project. The box absorbs a lot of fan noise Also, the
box directs the air flow down where a carpeted floor can help even more by absorbing
whatever noise makes it past the fan box. Just use good old scotch tape to secure
the box to the case and your in business.
 Leaving a 1/2 inch
or more tab at the top of the box makes taping the box to the case easier and more secure.
I was concerned that lining the
inside of the cabinet might increase the temperature, but the test system has been running
for 18hrs with only a small 2 degree rise in temperature. The mother board temp is
running 86-89 and the CPU 98 -100 well within the comfort range. I will be applying this
project to all of my systems and will post an update if I find any heat related problems
with P2/ Voodoo2 systems.
UPDATE: I just finished applying this
project to a P2-300 with a Creative Labs Voodoo2 and haven't had any temperature problems
the temp is holding fine at 100F or less.
The noise reduction is absolutely
amazing.
And that's it a relatively simple
project with remarkable results. I'm having a hard time putting into words how well this
really works. I guess the best example is, I have a workstation at my dinning room
table that I could hear running from the bedroom and now even sitting at the table I
hardly notice it. Plus, it was enough to make my wife say, more than once," Wow!
that is a big difference." ;)
All you need is a little ambition
plus a few hours of time and you will be rewarded with hundreds of hours of nice quiet
computing.
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