Wednesday, January 03, 2018
Se-lu 20, Tinkertoy edition
The new Dell Inspiron makes a new kind of noise which requires a new solution. The old Inspiron mostly emitted an 8k squeal that formed beat patterns with my tinnitus. The solution required odd placements of acoustic foam to halt reflections of sound, not direct sound.
The new one doesn't squeal. It rumbles. Win 10 keeps the HDD running most of the time. I'm continuing to turn off unnecessary shit, but the unnecessary shit keeps coming back. The Windows nanny state knows what's good for you and unrelentingly does what's good for you whether you want it or not. Nurse Ratched on crack.
After several days of LOOSENING MYSELF and trying various things, I determined that foam UNDER the computer helped somewhat but not enough. Underfoam keeps the rumble out of the desk but doesn't stop the metal case of the computer.
The solution requires major pressure on the case to damp the resonances.
Foam on top, forced down by a couple of Tinkertoy pieces wedged under the upper shelf of the desk. Looks silly, but I'm the only one who has to see it, and I'm not bothered by visual inputs. Only acoustic inputs.
Foam on top, forced down by a couple of Tinkertoy pieces wedged under the upper shelf of the desk. Looks silly, but I'm the only one who has to see it, and I'm not bothered by visual inputs. Only acoustic inputs.
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