Post by nandu on Jun 11, 2006 1:10:20 GMT 7
Aloha!
I'm using the n2100 a lot for streaming my music to my soundbrifge in my bed room or my notebook in my living room. And someday I was very annoyed because while lying in bed I heard the system fan of the n2100 spinning around in the room nearby. Therefore I diceded that either the n2100 has to be banned to a room further away, whoch would have been quite complicated or that this system fan had to vanish.
The day after that, I started to play around with the tiny system fan.
First try: putting a rubber band between the fan and the chassis. Not much improvement, though.
Second try: I placed the system fan on the outside and connected it with a small self made air "tunnel" with the chassis. Much better, but still very loud. But that proofed that the fan could be placed on the outside.
Third try: I organized a 80mm fan that is running really silent on put it on the outside of my n2100. I used duct tape to attach the fan to the chassis. This way the fan gets its air from the inside of the n2100. Done!
Now I have a n2100 that runs very silent and even a bit cooler than before (40° C under load - copiying data from the n2100 to another directory on the n2100).
Big improvment I think - but I surely wont win a design price with it ;D
I'm using the n2100 a lot for streaming my music to my soundbrifge in my bed room or my notebook in my living room. And someday I was very annoyed because while lying in bed I heard the system fan of the n2100 spinning around in the room nearby. Therefore I diceded that either the n2100 has to be banned to a room further away, whoch would have been quite complicated or that this system fan had to vanish.
The day after that, I started to play around with the tiny system fan.
First try: putting a rubber band between the fan and the chassis. Not much improvement, though.
Second try: I placed the system fan on the outside and connected it with a small self made air "tunnel" with the chassis. Much better, but still very loud. But that proofed that the fan could be placed on the outside.
Third try: I organized a 80mm fan that is running really silent on put it on the outside of my n2100. I used duct tape to attach the fan to the chassis. This way the fan gets its air from the inside of the n2100. Done!
Now I have a n2100 that runs very silent and even a bit cooler than before (40° C under load - copiying data from the n2100 to another directory on the n2100).
Big improvment I think - but I surely wont win a design price with it ;D
My old Nexus (part# unkown) is fine.