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Safe to remove fan from switch?
- Thread starter Lazaryn
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YeOldeStonecat
[H]F Junkie
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- Jul 19, 2004
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Depends I guess on the switch itself, how hot it actually gets, heat of the room it's in.
I remember having an old 3COM 16 port workgroup hub...the fan bearings started to go, I yanked the fan....she'd run but occasionally seem to lock up once in a while. Not to mention...WOW get hot on the bottom...I was half worried that it's burn up, so stopped using it because of that.
I remember having an old 3COM 16 port workgroup hub...the fan bearings started to go, I yanked the fan....she'd run but occasionally seem to lock up once in a while. Not to mention...WOW get hot on the bottom...I was half worried that it's burn up, so stopped using it because of that.
oVerCaffeinated
Gawd
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- Dec 18, 2002
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- 634
It might be possible to use passive heatsinks. Although it may require you to cut wholes in the top.
DragonNOA1
Supreme [H]ardness
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- Aug 15, 2004
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The fan is there for a reason. If the manufacturer could have done it w/o a fan believe me they would have.