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Re: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Re: ...what happened to my SD-1?!?

2009-11-09 by Sonic Amigos Support

Maybe this is a dumb question, but should the fan(s) direct hot air  
flow away from the heatsink fins, or direct cooler ambient air towards  
the fins? Or to put it another way, which direction should the fan  
point?

On Nov 8, 2009, at 1:05 PM, Eric Hall wrote:

> Find an old junk computer and take out the CPU cooling fan. Now find  
> and old "wall wort" - a 9 to12 volt step down transformer/external  
> power supply from something that you don't need. Hook that up to the  
> old computer fan. Find some way of fastening the fan to the heat  
> sink. I used expanding wall fasteners between the fins. From then on  
> you will enjoy a very stable VFX/SD-1.

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