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From: jeroen@cs.ruu.nl (Jeroen Fokker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Fan on the MEGAFILE 30
Message-ID: <1991Jun03.074746.17142@cs.ruu.nl>
Date: 3 Jun 91 07:47:46 GMT
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Olaf Gerloff writes:

> 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? 
>
> 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.
>

I have that kit, too. Or rather: I _had_ it. I disconnected it,
because since it was installed, I had some troubles with the disk.

When the disk was used for more than four hours the day before,
it wouldn't start up again. I nedd to shake the entire disk quite
roughly to get it rotating again. I know some day this will have
disastrous effects...

I blame the fan thermostate for this problem. Unfortunately, although
I disconnected it, I have still this startup problem.
I wouldnt recommend a fan thermostate.

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Jeroen Fokker                                 |  jeroen@cs.ruu.nl
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