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From: ephraim@think.COM (ephraim vishniac)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: shutdown of Mac II
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Date: 4 Feb 88 14:32:13 GMT
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In article <686@elxsi.UUCP> fisher@elxsi.UUCP (Chuck Fisher) writes:
>I too recently acquired a Mac II to join my Plus at home.  :-)
>The fan is a bit noisy and it seems to me that someone posted
>several months ago a workaround of relocating the video board in a different
>location.  That is supposed to reduce the noise somewhat.
>Does anyone out there in net-land remember which slot should
>be used for minimum fan noise?  I'm sure there are others
>who would like to know...

The fix either came from (or was attributed to) Larry Dziegielewski
(eplrx7!lad, if I'm not mistaken).  He suggested moving the video card
to the opposite extreme slot.  Supposedly, this results in a marginal
reduction in fan noise.

I haven't tried this myself.  With the noise my disk drives make, I
don't believe I'd notice the difference.

Ephraim Vishniac					  ephraim@think.com
Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214