gillies@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu (01/20/88)
Here is information from PLATO Macintosh notes (mother of unix notes): Supposedly, Apple has recognized the problem in early SEs. Apple will soon offer through dealers a repair kit that costs about $90 retail, $12 wholesale, but involves swapping in a new logic board to hold a different fan. The kit contains a new, quieter muffin fan that makes less noise and eliminates screen jitter. Maybe you can talk your dealer into installing it for free (no labor). Also from PLATO notes: Apple is rumored to be poised to release an SE with a 40Mb internal drive. It will supposedly be announced at MacExpo or soon thereafter. Don
curry@nsc.nsc.com (Ray Curry) (01/22/88)
Someone sent me a request for more info on the SE Silencer fan I mentioned in a previous posting, but my return mail bounced. So I thought my comments were worth posting. I paid $40 for the fan at MacWorld Expo from Morn Accessories for Computers, normally located in Berkeley. I installed it on my own. It came with three crimp-on connectors for the power leads. Two are required for the power leads and I guess the last is spare. The SE pc board has six holes in the fan mounting area, the outer 4 being used for the squirrel cage fan. The SE Silencer used the inner two and came with two rubber grommets to reduce the amount of vibration sent to the board from the fan. The crimp style connectors went in easily and with one spare, you can goof once. Cutting the wires to the old fan made me a little nervious since there wasn't a lot of wire left, but even with my ham handed fingers, I was able to insert the wires and crimp with some needle nose pliars. There is still some fan noise, nowhere near stock, and what remains could possible be reduced by experimenting with the tension on the fan mounting screws. But I am very happy with the present level and all screen jitter is gone.