[Soekris] Anyone using net4801 hard drive kit to mount a fan?

[Breen Ouellette]

Frank Tarczynski wrote:
> I've decided to pull my hard disk out of my net4801.  The mounting kit 
> looks like an interesting place to mount a small fan.
>
> Has anyone tried this?  At the moment I'm searching for a small 60-70mm 
> slim 5V fan.  Everything I've got laying around is too thick.
>   

Frank,

I haven't tried that, however, I suspect that a fan will not accomplish 
very much without corresponding holes in the outer case. You need a 
source to draw cool air inside. Unless you intend to run open top, 
however, the benefit would probably be minimal in an open top scenario.

I cut an 80mm fan template into the top right of my net4801 and drilled 
exhaust holes into the left side, and it did AMAZING things for the 
temperature of my machine. The hard disk and CPU run very cool now 
according to OpenBSD sensor information. I can't recall the exact 
numbers (they are probably somewhere in the list archive), but temps 
dropped at least 20 degC across the board.

Good luck!

Breeno