hissing from a hub

From: Curt Vendel <curt_at_atarimuseum.com>
Date: Sun Nov 23 16:30:53 2003

No fans.... Hmmmm, see its a design flaw ;-)


Curt

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From: "Fred N. van Kempen" <waltje_at_pdp11.nl>
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Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: hissing from a hub


> 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
>
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