DM800 laptop cooler and disable internal fan?

[dctyper]

i bought a fan for 3 quid from pcworld, connected it to the wires, took the old fan out of course. the fan sits on top of the box, its nice and quiet and looks cool with the blue led's

dc

[zinediner]

DCTyper

Which type of fan did you purchase from PC World was it an internal one or an external USB one. As i need to get one today.

Also to anyone else as i am at work at the moment. DO the dreambox 800HD have airvents underneath the box. I know they have some on top. Just wondering if they have some underneath. As i am looking at purchasing a usb laptop cooler mat/fan

[hideous.ape]

DCTyper

Which type of fan did you purchase from PC World was it an internal one or an external USB one. As i need to get one today.

Also to anyone else as i am at work at the moment. DO the dreambox 800HD have airvents underneath the box. I know they have some on top. Just wondering if they have some underneath. As i am looking at purchasing a usb laptop cooler mat/fan

Ya there's vents underneath.

[zinediner]

Cheers for the clarification. Right i shall purchase a usb cooling pad.

[dctyper]

it wasnt a usb fan, was a system internal fan. i just cut the wires

dc

[a84xr]

this is whisper quiet
DealExtreme: $6.55 Blue Light 2-Fan USB Powered Laptop Cooling Pad

and is perfect size for the Dreambox 800HD

Ithink is the best for this job!

[theobserver]

I unplugged the fan as it still had the heatsink on the chip and have been running the box for three months without it and it's been working fine..... Try it at your own risk though!

TOBS!

[zinediner]

I have unplugged the fan about a week ago. The fan is still in the box though. It just that its gets very hot after a while. Mind you i never used to put it to standby mode, Now i do and this has helped a lot as expected.

I shall order the mat from dealextreme.

[Peddersdub]

I am currently myself looking for a usb fan with blue led's, of course got to have blue led's
I don't have hard drive in mine as if does get hot, i don't record anything, i fitted a 64mb pen drive for EPG only internally, i have a clone 800 fitted a gen tuner and picture perfect.
I turn my box off every night, never leave it in standby.
I will keep my internal fan as it is not loud, and box does not get very hot at all, i want extra fans for caution as i find it is the tuner that gets the most hottest and a usb fan would be perfect.
Anyone have any pics of the fans with box as i don't want one that sticks out much bigger underneath than the box itself.
Thanks

[HoTTDubbER]

Hi all,

Have the DM800 all setup but just need to sort out that annoying internal fan.
So was going to get this: http://www.antec.com/Believe_it/product.php?id=MTIzOQ==

Would it be ok to just disable the internal fan and just put the DM800 on top of the Antec cooler?

Regards,
h.a

wow if that little fans bugging you you would hate my office .
Due to miss's love with the central heating i have to have many fans 2 keep cool

in my small office i have 7 pcs setup 8 screens 2 dreamboxs and a cable receiver

so u can imagine the heat that is generated along side the radiator on full blast

i also work on quad cores so cooling is essential
i have a 14cm fan on one of my bases and about 4 large fans in the fount and 2 at the bk and thats just one

my server works very hard and does tend to get hot so ive packed about 6 large fans inside that i even have 1 on the out side of the case just 2 pump the air from the window inside

its like sitting in a small aircraft with all the noise it makes

but you do you know how you solve the sound problem mate ...

you turn your TV up

[Peddersdub]

I unplugged the fan as it still had the heatsink on the chip and have been running the box for three months without it and it's been working fine..... Try it at your own risk though!

TOBS!

Best trick i used to quiet the fan noise was simple, remove the sticker from the rear of fan, i put a few drops of slip belt, wd40 or the like will do, on to the center spindle, wipe off excess, guarantee fans smooth and quiet, i can not longer hear mine

[adriankoooo]

Yes, the OIL is the solution for the silence! Thank you!

[bluebottle]

I unplugged the fan as it still had the heatsink on the chip and have been running the box for three months without it and it's been working fine..... Try it at your own risk though!

TOBS!

Me to, the original dosnt have a fan, my clone has a heat sink for extra surface area and I have never had a moments problem

[Hanzo123]

this is whisper quiet
DealExtreme: $6.55 Blue Light 2-Fan USB Powered Laptop Cooling Pad

and is perfect size for the Dreambox 800HD

I'm not sure if you use one like above, but if you are maybe you can help me out.

If you have the DB on standby do the fans also stop turning? and led's go out?

[southpaw]

usb still powers it even on standby , there is a mod knocking about somewhere , says to take power from pin 8 (i think) of the scart lead , as this powers down on standby