howard@amdahl.amdahl.com (The Toolmaster) (09/16/87)
I recently had to take the Se apart to put a card in it, and when I put it all together again, the fan was louder than usual; well actually it was unbearable. So I took it apart again, ran it with the case off, and found the fan to be *very* quiet. The noise the SE makes is really a function the case vibration. Therefore, when I put it all together again I left the screws quite loose in the bottom and left them out of the top. Fairly quiet (for a MacSE). I then put the top screws in and found they're not screws at all, they're volume controls for the fan. Tighten them and it gets very loud, loosen them and the SE quiets down some. This holds true for all but the bottom right (looking at the back of the SE) screw, which makes sense since that screw is furthest away from the fan. So, I guess the guy who designed the fan and the guy who designed the case aren't talking to each other, or they just couldn't hear each other over the noise of the fan :-( (Mac intercooler system, brought to you by the famous O-ring design team) -- "The value of knowledge lies not in its accumulation, Howard C. Simonson but in its utilization." E. Green amdahl!howard [ The disclaimer for this message may be found in a previous article ]