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From: Robert Brockway <robert at timetraveller.org>
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Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Cisco SOHO 77 ADSL Router
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On Sun, 28 Oct 2001, Tony Bilbrough wrote:

> There seems to be a feeling that if enough air can circulate around the
> power supply then a fan in the power supply case might not be necessary. 
> Has any one ever tried running the power supply with out a fan?

Yes I have as a matter of fact :)

My home server, blake, developed dead power supply fan syndrome.  Until I
was able to get it fixed [1] the box would run for about 20-30 minutes or
so before crashing (a bit longer at night).  This is a K6-233 in a
mid-tower case which had a single HD at the time (ie, the box should not
have excessive heat problems). 

I believe the biggest contributors to heat in the case would be number of
hard drives and size of the case.  I doubt the cpu or ram would generate
as much heat as a running harddrive.

[1] I went for a new power suppy as this box runs 24/7 and I felt safer
getting a full new unit.

> Or will this be a first? Some how I think that some one else has
> experimented!

Indeed :)

Regretably my experiements were negative :)

It was about a day & a half before I got the chance to replace the power
supply.  In that time I would run the box up, watch it closely, grab my
mail and then shut it down :)
Rob

-- Robert Brockway B.Sc. email: robert at timetraveller.org  ICQ: 104781119
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