Re: OT: IDS 4235 FAN so noisy , anyone can suggest quit

I have a suggestion.

Buy earplugs and leave what Cisco spent $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ on designing well
enough alone. Unless you want an expensive paper weight

CCIE # 23962 (SP)

On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Radioactive Frog <pbhatkoti_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> Guys,
> Just got my IDS 4235 from Ebay. POwered it on and 20 minutes my neighbor
> though that the bloody carpet cleaner with Genset has came in middle of
> might and started knocking on my door.
>
> Opened it up and saw there are about 5 FANS inside the IDS box.
>
> I took all 6 FANs out and it was running like 1800 series router (no
> noise).
>
> Soon after 5 minutes I realised that the heat sink got soooooo hot that I
> couldn't touch it.
>
> Then I put back a single FAN just near the heat sink and it has cooled it
> down. I think 1 fan should be enough but again this bloody fan is soooo
> noisy even it's just a single. It's high frequency one.
>
> This is the one that i am talking about:
>
> http://www.pricedbelowmarket.com/electrical-parts-hardware-electrical-parts-amp;-hardware-fans-delta-gfb0412vhf-fan-208902.html
>
> Need your help:
>
> 1. Do you think one FAN should be okay - as there is no production load on
> the box. it's just for my lab play. In production environment I won't do
> it.
> I'd recommend vendor recommendations and design.
>
> 2. Any other similar fan make/model (cheap one) that you could suggest ,
> obvious quiter one :)
>
> I am still googling though. tomorrow will go to a computer market to see if
> there is any.
>
>
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