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Old 13-02-2011, 20:00
Magdon69
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Hi

Just replaced the HDD on my Humax and noticed that the fan was not powering up. I presume this is normal. If this is the case how often should it come on with normal operation?

Thanks in advance for any responces.

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Old 13-02-2011, 21:51
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Impossible to answer because the fan has smart control. Whether it runs depends on lots of variables.

Ambient temperature

Where the box is located and air flow

How hard the cpu is working, for instance recording two HD channels, watching a third HD channel while deleting an existing recording. Makes me feel a bit hot , bit like running a marathon.
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Old 13-02-2011, 22:30
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If the new HDD is one of the more efficient ones it will run cooler so less need for the fan.
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Old 14-02-2011, 08:08
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It has a fan?
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Old 14-02-2011, 08:29
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Yes - I think it was about a few cms square - You can harly hear it when running - it is mounted to blow on the hard disk.
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Old 14-02-2011, 08:59
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Yes - I think it was about a few cms square - You can harly hear it when running - it is mounted to blow on the hard disk.
I can honestly say I've never noticed it and although I've seen a picture of the insides of one of these boxes I don't actually remember seeing a fan - it may have been attached to the casing that was removed to show the insides.

As my Humax has good airflow around it and as they are such low power users I doubt it's on much.
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Old 14-02-2011, 09:14
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I can honestly say I've never noticed it and although I've seen a picture of the insides of one of these boxes I don't actually remember seeing a fan - it may have been attached to the casing that was removed to show the insides.

As my Humax has good airflow around it and as they are such low power users I doubt it's on much.
It's mounted in the hard disc carrier.
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Old 14-02-2011, 09:48
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It's mounted in the hard disc carrier.
So I must have seen it in those photo's on another site where someone shows how to convert the Huamx for an external main drive. And promptly forgotten it.
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Old 14-02-2011, 10:25
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I've never heard my HDR's fan come on. It's not like a Sky HD box where the fan comes on when the box is doing nothing. Although Sky's version of 'doing nothing' apparently requires 16w of power consumption :-/
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Old 14-02-2011, 10:30
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So I must have seen it in those photo's on another site where someone shows how to convert the Huamx for an external main drive. And promptly forgotten it.
Yes - The fan needs to be disconnected to remove the caddy.
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Old 14-02-2011, 11:02
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So I must have seen it in those photo's on another site where someone shows how to convert the Huamx for an external main drive. And promptly forgotten it.

Bottom right in piccie

http://foxsatdisk.wikispaces.com/

My Fan now blows on the cpu heatsink (The drive is external and seperately powered)
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