vlaad3 wrote:Hi,
As of yesterday Im a proud owner of Noah EX, so I have a few questions:
1. Im annoyed by the PSU fan noise (louder than my computer), will Noah work ok if I just disconnect the fan?
obviously it does... as
you can see here...
but I wouldn't recommend the method unless you have CLEARLY understood that a switching powersupply CAN kill you even without power connected. The capacitors store several hundred Volt for quite some time and those shiny metal parts (heatsinks) on the pic are likely to be under a few thousand Volt when active.
Of course fatal accidents are rare, but it has the potential, so handle with (serious) care, if you cant' resist. /warning
From the point of emmissions it's illegal to run such a device.
Anyway, that's a regular ATX PSU and probably has some reserve because there are no diskdrives and graphic cards to supply.
Don't touch the metal inside to check temperature, that's NOT ground but HIGH Voltage !
I'd rather replace the fan by a good one running on 5V instead of 12V (not all start at this rate, tho).
cheers, Tom
(sorry, don't have a NOAH, so I can't comment on the software - just don't mess too much with it. If you screw it, probably nobody can help you, it's a highly specific device with highly specific software... )
