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From: perley@trub.steinmetz (Donald P Perley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Quieter fan for the 2000?
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Date: 1 Feb 89 14:31:10 GMT
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In article <2525@antique.UUCP> vax135!cjp (Charles Poirier) writes:
>If you plan on adding a hard disk to your 2000, the fan noise
>(objectionable though it is) may be a moot point.  The HD itself can
>be twice as loud as the stock fan.  Mine is.  C'est la vie.

I guess that depends on your hard drive.  I can't hear my drive 
with the sound the fan makes.  Well... I can hear seeks, but the fan
is still much louder.  Especially on startup when the fan occasionally
switches between jet engine mode and garbage disposal.  

-don perley