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From: gerloff@opal.cs.tu-berlin.de (Olaf Gerloff)
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Subject: Re: Fan on the MEGAFILE 30
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Date: 31 May 91 14:27:04 GMT
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In article <1991May30.221736.31169@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, whitten@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
|> 
|> I've had a megafile 30 for about a year, and the only complaint
|> I've had is the loud fan.  Is it really needed, or will the
|> drive run cool enough without it?  Are there any ways to quiet the
|> fan, maybe replacing it with a quieter one?
|> 

Hello Chris!
I think you need the fan, because those Seagate drives in the MEGAFILE 30
can get hot. Here in Germany are kit's aviable to make the fan not so loud.
First of all you can remove the lattice behind the fan. I heard of some
people that solder a resistor in the power connection of the fan.
I have a little kit, that turns the fan only on, if it is to hot in the
drive. You need nothing to solder for that one.

Greetings, Olaf
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