Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!utah-gr!uplherc!esunix!blgardne From: blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Hopalong (really fans) Message-ID: <973@esunix.UUCP> Date: 16 Sep 88 13:38:57 GMT References: <7067@well.UUCP> Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation Lines: 29 From article <7067@well.UUCP>, by ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab): > [ They're coming to take me away, ha haaa!! ] > > Well, the $5 solution worked, except that it turned out to cost > about $30. I went down to Radio Shaft and picked up a muffin fan, grabbed > There's just one small side-effect.... > "WHIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR................!!!" > > It's louder than a 2000's fan. Ack. Leo, the best fan source I've found yet is surplus A1000 power supplies. They can be had for $15-25, and they come with the quietest fan I've never heard. :-) I pulled the fan from my 2000's power supply, and mounted a 1000 fan on the outside of the case (right bolt pattern, but far too thick to go inside). You do have to put a load resistor on the terminals that provide +12V to the stock fan, and you've now got one more AC line cord to mess with, but I've got silence at last! Anyone wanna buy an A2000 fan, or an A1000 power supply without a fan? -- Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland 580 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108 UUCP Addresses: {ucbvax,allegra,decvax}!decwrl!esunix!blgardne utah-cs!esunix!blgardne usna!esunix!blgardne "Nobody will ever need more than 64K." "Nobody needs multitasking on a PC."