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

Geeeeeeee
It doesn't bother me but my neighbors!

Thanks for suggestions anyway.

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Shaughn Smith <maniac.smg_at_gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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