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My NVX died
Hi, I had a small accident the other day. I shut down the NVX to re-arrange a few things in the room and when I attempted to power it up again I saw some sparks coming out and then the unit died. T...
nbeglitis wrote: OK so I replaced the power supply with a Seasonic Flex ATX one. .... The ReadyNAS chassis does not have any grills where the fan is and the original power supply had the fan taken out.
Hmm, maybe that's why the original power supply failed.
nbeglitis wrote: I am thinking of cutting an opening where the fan is to let the air flow or somehow disable the fan. The latter is not easy because the power supply cannot be opened easily. It might also not be a good idea in terms of overheating. What do you reckon?
Without knowing how hot your new power supply gets, or what the airflow characteristics are of your NAS, it will be hard to know whether it's safe to disable the fan. But it shouldn't be hard to do; Seasonic power supplies usually CAN be opened easily. What model do you have?
Power supply fans almost always pull air IN, so if you decide to cut an intake vent, keep in mind that the fan won't cool anything unless there's a low-restriction path through the NAS to an exhaust vent.
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