Russ Andrews CCTV

So what was the problem in the old fan, bearings or just crap manufacture? Brian

I suspect the real problem was a large quantity of dust which the unit has spent many years happily inhaling.

The separate power supply is going to get a similar treatment when the part arrives.

Owain

So not worth fitting a fan from a proper manufacturer then?

Do you know the manufacturer of the fan fitted? Can you give me next weeks lottery numbers?

MBQ

I replaced a Sunon with an Evercool.

They look similar in quality to me.

Owain

Only place I've seen Dedicated Micros DVRs is in a server room where you'd never hear a single noisy fan above the general din.

I have a few in service and they are not all that noisy, if they sounded like a chainsaw I would be getting nervous.

I once had a complaint that a paging system was making a strange screeching noise, when I got on site I could hear it all the way along a corridor and through a fire door, that was the hard drive though. Very fortunately it was one customer who did a regular weekly back up.

My server room is also the lounge. :-)

It no longer sounds like a chainsaw. I was thinking about hard drive replacement but hopefully I won't have to.

Owain

If you do, DM make Russ Andrews look positively cheap. Try and find them elsewhere.

=A325 used on Ebay :-) Plus a tenner or so for an adapter to USB to whack the firmware over.

Owain

My server room is on "The far side of the building" or at least that's what I told "Sam" from "Computer helpline" when I put him on hold after he told me my PC was infected.