I have just bought a H80, arrived yesterday, and it also has the grinding noise of doom.
Contacted wlw wl for a voltage dropper as I've already gone through a **** up with Amazon over this cooler, and don't think I can go back to the crappy Intel stock cooler I was rocking.
Hopefully wlw wl will pull through and save me from the never ending HDD seek noise.
EDIT: Just read wlw wl was sick. Now I feel like an ass. Hope you get better soon man, health is more important than dropping voltage
Edited by Xiofire - 10/18/12 at 2:47pm