Replacing the MPC4000's case fan with a "silent" one...?

owenb wrote:"Don't be so silly, man -
if you do that, the MPC4000 will overheat and break

I don't know if its silly... I disabled my fan several years ago and I have had no problems with overheating

Has anyone ever heard of an MPC4k overheating because of a failed/disconnected fan? Just what is supposed to get so hot in there? Its not like the fans is even anywhere near the processor. The case is well ventilated and with a ton of free space... the HD doesn't need cooling. i suspect that unless you live in a very warm climate the fan is not necessary

of course I am not recommending anyone else try it

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Yeah I was thinking the same thing. Disabling a non cpu fan in a regular coimputer is not too risky... And since the MPC doesnt get really hot...
I have the adat option and a Seagate 80GB HD, as well as a cdrw. However if I disable any of those two, it takes ages to get into the load screen. Ive did some jumper experimenting but to no avail.
I dont know.... I have a nice working MPC4000 atm and its been running smooth for the last 5 years. But it is way too noisy. The rest of gear is almost completely silent.

But if you disable a non cpu fan on a pc motherboard, sometimes it is needed to alter the MB in its BIOS. The MPC doesnt have a BIOS

owenb wrote:you might be right,

Of course I'm right, I know all the facts in the world!

No listen kids: ELECTROCUTION IS BAD, MMM-KAY??
Don't try it at home.

You ****' ding dongs. Unplug the **** while you are working on it!

Close it up before you plug it in again. Or at least get your fingers out of there. haha.



-illiac

you are of course correct - BUT -
I had to power it up so I could see whether or not I'd rewired the fan connector succesfully!

Right, but not with your hands inside the case, haha.

Dude, never ever work on your electrical panel until you get this concept down.

Anyway, I'm glad it turned out OK for you. I've been zapped a few times over the years too. Once I got a jolt of very high DC voltage -- now that's frightening. AC is nice (as these things go) because your muscles alternately contract and decontract in response to it. With DC it's a one way blast -- your muscles jump like a bullfrog taking off. It can send you across the room.

-illiac

Sadly, I did "have to" have my fingers in there when the power was on, cos I had to manually stuff the bare wires into the molex connector, to see if they were the right way round, before I taped 'em...

Luckily, I only brushed against a 240V live bit lightly, and my arm was the right way round so that the shock made the limb jolt away from further electrocution -otherwise i'd probably be dead.

Thanks to everyone for putting this up.
Just swapped the factory fan for the quieter substitute.
The difference is well worth the effort.
And as a self confessed electrical idiot I would rate doing this as incredibly easy if a little concerning at first.

So for those lacking in electrical confidence take heart it is genuinely an easy procedure.

One less noise for my monitors to rise above.
thanks to those who put this up.
geoff