Recent content by pawnslinger

Okay, I just replaced my front fans with 2 Noctua 120mm iPPC fans. At first I got the F1 boot error, but with no keyboard attached, I just powered down and up again. On the 2nd power-up the F1 error did not re-appear!! So looks like I am okay.

Those are good choices, but I was thinking more along the lines of Noctua NF-F12 iPPC 3000 PWM. The NF-F12 iPPC puts out a little less air than the 140mm one, but you don't have to mod anything, it should fit. I think it pushes about 10 CFM less than the 140mm. The 120mm is slightly more...

The first thing I would be careful about is make sure that the replacement fans offer adequate CFM. While the Dell fans (Foxcon) are noisy, they move a lot of air. I believe they are rated around 150 CFM. A quiet fan is going to be a lot less than that. But there are some relatively quiet...

I am a newbie to this forum and to Dell Workstations. I have worked on and own several Optiplex's, but a couple of weeks ago I acquired my first T5500, a dual X5675 system with 24GB of ram and 2x 500GB HDDs. It has the 875W psu. I have added a 1TB ssd and some fans and a fan controller. The...