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Replacing the fan in ReadyNAS Duo - possible?
Hello. Has anyone replaced/changed the (stock) fan in the Netgear ReadyNAS duo? I would like to do this, since I think the fan makes far too much noise. Any comments and thoughts about this is w...
Hello,
I have bought, installed, and then removed the aforementioned SilenX 60mm fan. It's silent alright, but it's not doing its job! :D
Since I couldn't find a 60mm fan with a good CFM, I went for a 80mm one.
The Noctua NF-R8 provides 31 CFM at 17 db, or 23 CFM at 10 db, which is what I chose to use.
Now my drives temperatures rarely exceed 34 C (93 F), and that's after using them for streaming content.
It really is a dirty way to mount it, but here's how the thing looks now, I had to remove the back panel and then the fan was just the width of the available space:
I have bought, installed, and then removed the aforementioned SilenX 60mm fan. It's silent alright, but it's not doing its job! :D
Since I couldn't find a 60mm fan with a good CFM, I went for a 80mm one.
The Noctua NF-R8 provides 31 CFM at 17 db, or 23 CFM at 10 db, which is what I chose to use.
Now my drives temperatures rarely exceed 34 C (93 F), and that's after using them for streaming content.
It really is a dirty way to mount it, but here's how the thing looks now, I had to remove the back panel and then the fan was just the width of the available space:
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