That 'fan' was actually created to cool the printer components that can
reach the same temperature as the sun. It was later decided to mass produce
the fans, so they would cheaper to buy, and of curse, once they were cheaper
to buy, hp decided to use them for everything. :-)
Ray Shahan
"There is so much good in the worst of us,
and so much bad in the best of us,
that it behooves none of us
to talk about the rest of us"
--Robert Louis Stevenson?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: F. Alfredo Rego [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 10:09 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [HP3000-L] Searching for crippled hp3000 fans
>
> Hello, fellow MPE-Image fans,
>
> Both hp3000 A-Class computers, Cinderella and Cenicienta (snatched
> from the jaws of death just before HP quit selling them), are up
> and running. I wish I could say "quietly running" but such is not
> the case
>
> HP installed *crippled CPUs* but installed *UNcrippled fans* which,
> unfortunately, make quite a racket.
>
> Sadly, I have been forced to move these lovely machines into
> a Cinderella-like environment (a dungeon, if you will) because
> the UNcrippled-fan noise was driving everyone nuts. I would like
> to be able to present them to polite company. This fan nuisance
> is a terrible blow to my hopes.
>
> Is there an option to substitute these high-powered fans (which
> were perhaps meant for the analogous HP-UX machines that run with
> uncrippled CPUs) with crippled (and hopefully quieter) fans more
> in tune with the modest CPU speeds that MPE/iX is allowed? Or
> does the crippling action actually generate more heat?
>
> I hope that something will pan out and that HP will not blow hot
> and cold. Hopefully, HP will send a gentle cool zephyr my way,
>
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> | g | F. Alfredo Rego
> | a | Manager, R & D Labs
> | d | Adager Corporation
> | A | Sun Valley, Idaho 83353-3000 U.S.A.
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