hissing from a hub

From: Fred N. van Kempen <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
Date: Sun Nov 23 16:04:20 2003

On Sun, 23 Nov 2003, Curt Vendel wrote:

> Might be a fan has cracked a bearing, you should try using a wooden pencil
> or other non-conduct stick-like object and stop each of the fans and see if
> the noise stops, then you'll find the culprit.
OfficeConnect 8's dont have fans. They're little white boxes
with an external DC power supply (which, at least for the 240VAC
European version, sucks.) I assume it fried one or more of your
caps, probably the ones that try to flatten the voltage's curve :)

"3Com - Just Say No!"

--f
Received on Sun Nov 23 2003 - 16:04:20 GMT