Fairlight-CMI

Has anyone made or installed a fan kit on a IIx that
is quiter than the factory fans?

Kevin Kelley 


		
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Hi Kevin,

I am surprised that there hasn't been more of an issue made about this.  I
have always found the CMI 2X and CMI 3 to be very loud. I had Peter Wielk do
a lovely Papst fan mod to my CMI 2X. I bought 3 Papst 12V fans which Peter
simply replaced on the fan board inside the 2X. He also manage to find a 12V
source for the fans even though the original ones use mains voltage.
It made a really big difference and I am pleased that I managed to get this
done before Peter moved to Australia. It can be done but you need to find a
technical  whizz to do it ! I would like my other CMI's modified as well.

Cheers,

James

James Thomson

Magic Audio Co.
The Studio
West Hampstead
London NW2 3RJ
U.K.

On 11/4/05 4:22 pm, "kevin kelley" <xirin6@yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> Has anyone made or installed a fan kit on a IIx that
> is quiter than the factory fans?
> 
> Kevin Kelley 
> 
> 
>

Hi everyone,

I too have a noisy fan set in my MFX2, which I plan to replace as soon as
I have my new place set up, which I'm working on. My IIx fans are very
very quiet in comparison, they are in fact less noisy than my pc. (Yes the
fans are spinning ! ;-) ).

As soon as I do my modification (I plan on doing it myself), I'll let you
know how hard / easy it is.


Best regards,
Harald.

> Hi Kevin,
>
> I am surprised that there hasn't been more of an issue made about this.  I
> have always found the CMI 2X and CMI 3 to be very loud. I had Peter Wielk
> do
> a lovely Papst fan mod to my CMI 2X. I bought 3 Papst 12V fans which Peter
> simply replaced on the fan board inside the 2X. He also manage to find a
> 12V
> source for the fans even though the original ones use mains voltage.
> It made a really big difference and I am pleased that I managed to get
> this
> done before Peter moved to Australia. It can be done but you need to find
> a
> technical  whizz to do it ! I would like my other CMI's modified as well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> James
>
> James Thomson
>
> Magic Audio Co.
> The Studio
> West Hampstead
> London NW2 3RJ
> U.K.
>
>
>
>
>
> On 11/4/05 4:22 pm, "kevin kelley" <xirin6@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
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>> is quiter than the factory fans?
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>> Kevin Kelley
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Hi guys,

 Well I have always wanted to do the same to my MFX-2 but I was always
waiting for the WFM-32 megabyte RAM card. In fact ,I think with a WFM-32 and
3 1/2 " SCSI drives you would only need about 3 fans running inside the
mainframe. I hope all is well !

Regards,

James Thomson

On 11/4/05 6:31 pm, "Harald Feldmann" <feldmann@xs4all.nl> wrote:

> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I too have a noisy fan set in my MFX2, which I plan to replace as soon as
> I have my new place set up, which I'm working on. My IIx fans are very
> very quiet in comparison, they are in fact less noisy than my pc. (Yes the
> fans are spinning ! ;-) ).
> 
> As soon as I do my modification (I plan on doing it myself), I'll let you
> know how hard / easy it is.
> 
> 
> Best regards,
> Harald.

My IIx is quiet when I stop the 8" drives ;°)
and my mfx2 own 16 fans ! I doubt papst fans will bring me total 
silence lol




--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, James Thomson <jamesthomson@m...
> wrote:
> Hi Kevin,
> 
> I am surprised that there hasn't been more of an issue made about 
this.  I
> have always found the CMI 2X and CMI 3 to be very loud. I had Peter 
Wielk do
> a lovely Papst fan mod to my CMI 2X. I bought 3 Papst 12V fans which 
Peter
> simply replaced on the fan board inside the 2X. He also manage to 
find a 12V
> source for the fans even though the original ones use mains voltage.
> It made a really big difference and I am pleased that I managed to 
get this
> done before Peter moved to Australia. It can be done but you need to 
find a
> technical  whizz to do it ! I would like my other CMI's modified as 
well.

> 
> Cheers,
> 
> James
> 
> James Thomson
> 
> Magic Audio Co.
> The Studio
> West Hampstead
> London NW2 3RJ
> U.K.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/4/05 4:22 pm, "kevin kelley" <xirin6@y...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > Has anyone made or installed a fan kit on a IIx that
> > is quiter than the factory fans?
> > 
> > Kevin Kelley 
> > 
> > 
> >

I wrote to Peter as I need a 32mb ram but no reply !!!

Does someone has any news or do I have to pay someone to copy this 
card ???
We are many users to be interested by this solution .



--- In Fairlight-CMI@yahoogroups.com, James Thomson <jamesthomson@m...
> wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
>  Well I have always wanted to do the same to my MFX-2 but I was 
always
> waiting for the WFM-32 megabyte RAM card. In fact ,I think with a 
WFM-32 and
> 3 1/2 " SCSI drives you would only need about 3 fans running inside 
the
> mainframe. I hope all is well !
> 
> Regards,
> 
> James Thomson
> 
> 
> 
> On 11/4/05 6:31 pm, "Harald Feldmann" <feldmann@x...> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Hi everyone,
> > 
> > I too have a noisy fan set in my MFX2, which I plan to replace as 
soon as
> > I have my new place set up, which I'm working on. My IIx fans are 
very
> > very quiet in comparison, they are in fact less noisy than my pc. 
(Yes the
> > fans are spinning ! ;-) ).
> > 
> > As soon as I do my modification (I plan on doing it myself), I'll 
let you

> > know how hard / easy it is.
> > 
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Harald.