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From: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A1000 cooling fan
Message-ID: <12573@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 12 Jun 90 10:05:59 GMT
References: <4764@ursa.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <4764@ursa.UUCP> sam@ursa.UUCP () writes:
> Valentin@cbmvax advised against running an A1000 without a cooling fan.
> I have actually done this for about six months when my original fan
> failed and I didn't notice that my very quiet Amiga was
> now a totally silent A1000.  No harm done, I rarely switch the machine
> off and it was a hot NJ summer.  The replacement fan is now getting noisy:-(

Of course you can do it, the same way I can run my car without the fan belt
installed.  It'll work under many conditions for some period of time, but
if/when it fails, the results may be expensive.

In a sense you are advising this person to take a risk, the consequences of
which are potentially buying a new power supply or other system components...
Send him your phone number just in case...  8-)

-- 
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