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<br><font size=2><tt>mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org wrote on 06/26/2007
09:00:58 AM:<br>
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> mythtv-users-bounces@mythtv.org wrote on 06/25/2007 04:43:55 PM:<br>
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> > <br>
> > >I am using an EPIA 800A as a Myth Front end and have just
replaced the <br>
> > >annoying little CPU fan for the third time. They seem
to get squeaky like <br>
> > >a cricket ever three months. Grrr. Is there a
more durable fan, or <br>
> > >perhaps a fanless, heatsink solution?<br>
> > <br>
> > What kind of case is it in? <br>
> > In a not-too-small case you can replace the tiny heatsink/fan
with a<br>
> > bigger heatsink like Newegg Item#:N82E16835118214<br>
> > If you have sufficient air flow in the case you may be in the
clear,<br>
> > or add a (larger) slow rotating fan.<br>
> > <br>
> > BTDT with success.<br>
> > -- <br>
> > Torbjørn Heltne<br>
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> Its in a CheckerCube case, so there is room for the heatsink. <br>
> Adequate airflow may be something i need to address. <br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>> ForwardSourceID:NT0000ABA6 </tt></font>
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<br><font size=2><tt>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...</tt></font>