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From: Paul Gearon <pag at PISoftware.com>
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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:

<snip>
> I am talking about a noisy fan in the power supply.
> 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?
> Or will this be a first? Some how I think that some one else has
> experimented!
<snip>

Another option which hasn't been mentioned is that there are power
supplies out there that were _designed_ to be used without fans.
(eg. Sun produced the Voyager which was completely fanless.)

I don't know how many camplanies made these kinds of supplies, but you
could try hunting some of them down.


Regards,
Paul Gearon

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