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Replaceing fan in 8 port switch...

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Jugernot

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I replaced the tiny heatsink/fan unit in my 8port switch yesterday with a passive heatsink that I have lying around (it was getting annoyingly loud). It turns out it only has a 30mm square heatsink/fan very similar in design of a video card cooler. Very little metal to absorb heat and a tiny like 25mm fan blade.

Here is a quick pic that I took to compare the old HSF with the new one that I epoxied on... Link

You guys think a heatsink of the size I put on it is suffiecent?
 
That HSF looks absolutely useless, so yea, I'd say the passive HS you put on there should be MORE than enough.
 
My netgear switches don't have them either. IIRC, only the really old switches have fans in them, unless they're the big 24+ port ones 😀
 
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