From: houten.van@orange.fr   
      
   Le 12/01/2014 23:54, Helmut Karlowski a écrit :   
    >> I'd like to use a TT or Mega STE to drive a drum box near my musical   
    >> environment : so I need a quiet machine!   
    >>   
    >> Is it safe to remove the PSU fan of the TT/Mega STE ?   
    >   
    > Depends on what you have inside it and the temperature in the room it's   
    > standing.   
    >   
    > A Matrix-card gets quite hot, a Crazy Dots not.   
    >   
    > I have a quite recent Fujitsu-SCSI in the TT which does not make much   
    > noise, but needs extra cooling (also silent with a simple resistor ~8V).   
    >   
    > I've removed the PSU completely and use an old external AT-PSU whose   
    > noise you hardly hear. A better solution might be to install a control   
    > for the speed of the fan.   
    >   
    > Without PSU, HD and any card a TT should run without cooling.   
    >   
    > -Helmut   
      
   I don't have the graphic card installed,   
   an old SCSI HD, that's all.   
      
   But, using my setup, I noticed that I play loud enough, so the computer   
   noise is not a problem anymore.   
      
   Guillaume.   
      
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