2 Jun
2004
2 Jun
'04
7:43 a.m.
On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 18:47, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
The power supply fan went bad on it a while ago (over
a year, surely
longer) and I never bothered replacing it because I always use just
whatever hardware I have laying about whenever something goes bad on the
box, and those damn power supply fans go out all the time and it's a pain
to have to replace them.
FWIW, the 12V fans in Mac LC series machines seem to be of a lot better
quality than the nasty PC equivalent, and - at least round here - Mac
LC's are now even easier to come by than old AT-style PCs*.
I imagine you'll find such a fan is a straight swap - I think they're
about the right size. I've been running one in my network switch (with a
bit of homebrew cardboard ducting!) for the last few months and it's way
quieter than the cheapo fan that I took out.
* No idea why this is the case. Hoarding because Macs were horribly
expensive and people remember this, and so for some reason store the
machines rather than throw them out? OTOH, AT-class PCs seem hard to
come by now; I assume they've all long since exploded or been sent to
the crusher.
cheers
Jules