Noisy Fan in Sonicview 8000 HD

[danny]

The fan in my Sonicview 8000 HD is very noisy (LOL , wakes you up at night time).

Does this fan serve any purpose? Can I just take it out, and do without it?

[foresight]

Your call to do with or without but it helps some what with cooling the stb. Seen some on e bay that should work as replacement. Using an old case fan inside one at the moment. Mounts in place fairly good between the mainboard and power supply.

[Terryl]

Go to frozencpu dot com, they have some very very quiet fans, look at the ones rated at dB, the lower the dB the quieter the fan.

https://www.frozencpu.com/cat/l2/g36/c437/list/p1/Fans-12_Volt_Fans_by_dB.html

And I wouldn't run the receiver without it, as they put one in there for a reason.

[scooby8888]

i took mine out took the little sticker off and added a bit of grease made a big difference

[auggie]

I also added a second Fan mounted on top of case cover (cut a hole in cover) Blowing air down over PR supply board & such
A lot better cooling all around

[dishuser]

i took mine out took the little sticker off and added a bit of grease made a big difference

I sure hope you put it back in

[scooby8888]

yes and with parts left over i don't know how i always do that lol

[Mavrick]

I also added a second Fan mounted on top of case cover (cut a hole in cover) Blowing air down over PR supply board & such
A lot better cooling all around

I did the same as you with a computer fan, if you solder a USB end onto the fan it will run at 1/2 speed (5v instead of 12v) and be really quite. Try flipping your fan around and sucking the warm air out instead of trying to blow air in, it will cool the box much better

[auggie]

The Little fan in the Back of Rec. is for sucking the warm air out, Air-Flow, and with the one on top
All I did was pickup a 5v lead off of supply, etc. and solder to it.

[The Noof]

I found a good solution for our group during the day:I mounted 3 25mm 12 volt fans inside the top cover, blowing down.One stuated over the 8psk, one over the spansion/tsop area,and one over the power supply.The fans run from a 5 volt source.Unnoticeable noise with great cooling.

[auggie]

I found a good solution for our group during the day:I mounted 3 25mm 12 volt fans inside the top cover, blowing down.One stuated over the 8psk, one over the spansion/tsop area,and one over the power supply.The fans run from a 5 volt source.Unnoticeable noise with great cooling.

Now That's What I Call !!COOOOOOOOOLING!!

[foresight]

Thought I had saved the info from what was posted on e bay a while back. If memory serves < replaces stock or an option. Just an fyi in case.

SV fan specs.

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COPAL
EVERCOOL

ELECTRONICS
STOCK FAN
Model Number
F410T-05LC <
EC4010L05SA
Size
40x10mm
40x10mm
Voltage
5 vdc
5 vdc
Current
.1 Amp <
.08 Amp
Wattage
.5 Watts <
.4 Watts
RPM
4600 <
4500
Air Movement
3.9 Cfm <
2.71 Cfm
Noise Figure
12 dBM <
19 dBM