[mythtv-users] OT: EPIA 800 Fan is noisy

joe.white at wachovia.com joe.white at wachovia.com
Wed Jun 27 15:27:19 UTC 2007


mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org wrote on 06/26/2007 09:00:58 AM:

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> mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org wrote on 06/25/2007 04:43:55 PM:
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> > >I am using an EPIA 800A as a Myth Front end and have just replaced 
the 
> > >annoying little CPU fan for the third time.  They seem to get squeaky 
like 
> > >a cricket ever three months.  Grrr.  Is there a more durable fan, or 
> > >perhaps a fanless, heatsink solution?
> > 
> > What kind of case is it in? 
> > In a not-too-small case you can replace the tiny heatsink/fan with a
> > bigger heatsink like Newegg Item#:N82E16835118214
> > If you have sufficient air flow in the case you may be in the clear,
> > or add a (larger) slow rotating fan.
> > 
> > BTDT with success.
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> > Torbjørn Heltne
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> Its in a CheckerCube case, so there is room for the heatsink. 
> Adequate airflow may be something i need to address. 
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Thanks for all the feed back.  It looks like I can use the Zalman flower 
heatsink if I am willing to chance prying the current heatsink off the CPU 
or I can get a Silenx fan instead of the cheaper ones I have been buying. 
Decisions, decisions...
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