Eye in the sky
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If you have recently upgraded your SKY+ HDD but want the FAN to run quieter, I have a working solution for you. After some research and hands-on myself (new FANs, FAN-Mate2, resistors, etc), I can truly say I have found the most satisfying solution. I am happy to share this with you. This solution should work with all 7200rpm HDD or even 5400 ones with FAN noise problems.
I have a Samsung 1614N in my sky+ box. Its a 160GB, 7200RPM and 8MB cache. The HDD is extemely quiet, the best around, even quieter than Maxtors. But ...
The fan is constantly on and loud even though the box is cool. So to get the FAN noise down I did this. Its now so quiet like its not there even though its on all the time. And the important thing is the box is cool and quiet.
The idea is to run the sky+ fan at 5V. The fan can still kick-start and will run continously but at a lower speed (about less than half) and also quieter (less than 3-6dB). Flow rate is more than sufficient to achieve cool-down of an always-on sky+ box like mine.
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Go to Maplin and get these items:
1. Fan Multi-Connector Cable ZM-MC1
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=34544&TabID=1&source=15&WorldID=&doy=17m2
2. Power supply Y-Cable
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=10951&TabID=1&source=17&WorldID=&doy=17m2
£10 Process to achieve 'SKY+ FAN Silence':
1. Power SKY+ down. Remove necessary cables. Remove the cover of the sky+ box (you would already know how to do this as you have already installed a new HDD if not go to www.hummer.co.uk for instructions)
2. Take out the power connector to the HDD.
3. Stick in the correct end of the Y-Cable into the power connector from (2)
4. Stick one of the two ends of the Y-cable into the HDD.
5. Stick the end of the Fan Multi-Connector cable to the second end of the Y-Cable
6. Take out the 2-pin connector of the SKY+ fan
7. Stick in the FAN 2-pin connector into the 5V connector of the FAN Multi-Connector. (You may have to shave off some bits of the fan power connector before you can connector it in.) Make sure you connect both together in a way that u line up the black to the black wires and the red to the red wires. Otherwise fan direction may be reversed. You dont want that.
8. Use Velcro to 'bend' the long cables around the HDD to the back.
9. Put the screws back on the SKY+ box. Power up.
10. Welcome to FAN Silence Nirvana
Have fun!
Eye in the Sky
I have a Samsung 1614N in my sky+ box. Its a 160GB, 7200RPM and 8MB cache. The HDD is extemely quiet, the best around, even quieter than Maxtors. But ...
The fan is constantly on and loud even though the box is cool. So to get the FAN noise down I did this. Its now so quiet like its not there even though its on all the time. And the important thing is the box is cool and quiet.
The idea is to run the sky+ fan at 5V. The fan can still kick-start and will run continously but at a lower speed (about less than half) and also quieter (less than 3-6dB). Flow rate is more than sufficient to achieve cool-down of an always-on sky+ box like mine.
###
Go to Maplin and get these items:
1. Fan Multi-Connector Cable ZM-MC1
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=34544&TabID=1&source=15&WorldID=&doy=17m2
2. Power supply Y-Cable
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=10951&TabID=1&source=17&WorldID=&doy=17m2
£10 Process to achieve 'SKY+ FAN Silence':
1. Power SKY+ down. Remove necessary cables. Remove the cover of the sky+ box (you would already know how to do this as you have already installed a new HDD if not go to www.hummer.co.uk for instructions)
2. Take out the power connector to the HDD.
3. Stick in the correct end of the Y-Cable into the power connector from (2)
4. Stick one of the two ends of the Y-cable into the HDD.
5. Stick the end of the Fan Multi-Connector cable to the second end of the Y-Cable
6. Take out the 2-pin connector of the SKY+ fan
7. Stick in the FAN 2-pin connector into the 5V connector of the FAN Multi-Connector. (You may have to shave off some bits of the fan power connector before you can connector it in.) Make sure you connect both together in a way that u line up the black to the black wires and the red to the red wires. Otherwise fan direction may be reversed. You dont want that.
8. Use Velcro to 'bend' the long cables around the HDD to the back.
9. Put the screws back on the SKY+ box. Power up.
10. Welcome to FAN Silence Nirvana
Have fun!
Eye in the Sky