evans@mhuxt.UUCP (Steve Crandall) (01/30/88)
I've been operating under the assumption that it is healthier to leave my Mac II on around the clock rather than turning it on and off every day. Any comments? How about the 13" Apple color monitor (which runs very warm). Apple is apparently shipping SEs with quieter fans. Has any change been made to the windtunnel fan used in the latest Mac IIs? Steve Crandall ihnp4!mhuxt!evans
robertj@yale-zoo-suned..arpa (Rob Jellinghaus) (01/31/88)
In article <2226@mhuxt.UUCP> evans@mhuxt.UUCP (Steve Crandall) writes: >I've been operating under the assumption that it is healthier to leave my >Mac II on around the clock rather than turning it on and off every day. >Any comments? How about the 13" Apple color monitor (which runs very warm). Well, I turn my II on and off as much as ten times a day (on exceptional days). I've been treating it like this for several months now, and nary a glitch (knock on wood). It really seems to be quite well designed; the system comes up with a minimum of fuss and bother. Also, it's not really practical for me to leave it on all the time, as I keep the computer in my bedroom, and I have a roommate... >Steve Crandall >ihnp4!mhuxt!evans Rob Jellinghaus | "This is the Varicorp building right jellinghaus@yale.edu.UUCP | outside Virgil. It's cool. It's a ROBERTJ@{yalecs,yalevm}.BITNET | multi-purpose shape: a box." !..!ihnp4!hsi!yale!jellinghaus | -- David Byrne
fisher@elxsi.UUCP (Chuck Fisher) (02/04/88)
I too recently acquired a Mac II to join my Plus at home. :-) The fan is a bit noisy and it seems to me that someone posted several months ago a workaround of relocating the video board in a different location. That is supposed to reduce the noise somewhat. Does anyone out there in net-land remember which slot should be used for minimum fan noise? I'm sure there are others who would like to know... Chuck
ephraim@think.COM (ephraim vishniac) (02/04/88)
In article <686@elxsi.UUCP> fisher@elxsi.UUCP (Chuck Fisher) writes: >I too recently acquired a Mac II to join my Plus at home. :-) >The fan is a bit noisy and it seems to me that someone posted >several months ago a workaround of relocating the video board in a different >location. That is supposed to reduce the noise somewhat. >Does anyone out there in net-land remember which slot should >be used for minimum fan noise? I'm sure there are others >who would like to know... The fix either came from (or was attributed to) Larry Dziegielewski (eplrx7!lad, if I'm not mistaken). He suggested moving the video card to the opposite extreme slot. Supposedly, this results in a marginal reduction in fan noise. I haven't tried this myself. With the noise my disk drives make, I don't believe I'd notice the difference. Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214
gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu (02/05/88)
My dealer installed the video card next to the power supply. Try
moving it away from the power supply, towards the middle of the
machine, in slot 6 instead of slot 1, I believe.
I did this to my Mac II and it didn't help much. I wish some third
party would make a QUIET Mac II fan. A quiet fan is worth $50 to me.
My Mac II can easily drown out a GE F-100 jet engine.....
Don Gillies {ihnp4!uiucdcs!gillies} U of Illinois
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