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Cooling Fans
I have a Digimate Cube PC with two samll extraction fans at the rear.
Unfortunatly one has almost died and is making a hell of a racket. Without cutting the wires as there is no socket (this is hardwired) are there settings I can use to disable it (using XP Professional) |
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On Sat, 9 Aug 2003 08:10:10 +0100, "jms"
wrote: I have a Digimate Cube PC with two samll extraction fans at the rear. Unfortunatly one has almost died and is making a hell of a racket. Without cutting the wires as there is no socket (this is hardwired) are there settings I can use to disable it (using XP Professional) It's very unlikely that XP can turn off the fan, and it might be a bad idea even if it could. Cooling is difficult enough in these small custom system designs, if it would've ran ran within parameters the manufacturer considered acceptable I'm sure they would've cut cost and noise production by omitting that fan in the first place. What you might do is lube the fan with high-quality lubricating oil. Thicker synthetic varieties are best but anything will do in a pinch, with very light oil or WD-40 types of penetrants being the worst choices. Just a drop on the shaft will do, too much and it'll run out over time. If you've waited too long and the fan has too much wear on the bearings, oiling it will only be a short-term solution. How short a term depends on how badly it's worn and other factors like imbalance and heat. You might crimp on another fan after cutting those wires, or solder the new and old fan wires together (and of course insulating them afterwards), or choose a replacement fan with wire-solder-points accessible when it's label is removed (so you can solder the old wire to the new fan PCB with no additional insulation or crimping needed afterwards), or remove the whole board and solder from underneith, which is more risky but aesthetically preferred. Of course I'm assuming that the system is no longer under warranty... if it is, it may not be your problem, though if you have soldering experience and the tools it might be just as easy to repair as backup data/pack/ship/setup a replacement. Considering that and also doing without the system in the interim, I'd probably replace it myself. If you don't have the inclination to do it yourself you may know someone that can fix it in a matter of minutes, providing you have a replacement fan on-hand. Dave |
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Cut the fan out if you have to and tape up the wires if you aren't
going to use them. You might be able to find a replacement that will get power from a drive cable, so you don't need to solder. "jms" wrote in message ... I have a Digimate Cube PC with two samll extraction fans at the rear. Unfortunatly one has almost died and is making a hell of a racket. Without cutting the wires as there is no socket (this is hardwired) are there settings I can use to disable it (using XP Professional) |
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