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From: "Frank Brand" <fbrand at uq.net.au>
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Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Cisco SOHO 77 ADSL Router
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>I use a 386 as a Router [w Potato] and the Power supply fan is getting a
>little noisy . I was thinking of replacing it, and had heard that  it
>could be run at just 5 volts.
>Are you saying that this sort of application does not need a fan at all?
>I must admit the router does not work too hard. It was built as a
>project to see if it could be done! 2 home pc's hang off it which only
>one accesses the net.
>Although it is on all the time it only works for an hour a day!


I would have thought a 386 would work Ok without a fan at all. I there is a
problem a nice big heat sink without a fan should suffice.

Lots of early pentiums P66 to P166 did not have fans but just a big heat
sink and I would suspect that they produced a lot more heat than your 386.


Frank Brand


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