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SKY + box is too loud
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<blockquote data-quote="rob" data-source="post: 11254"><p>Hi mate,</p><p></p><p>I may be able to help you. I have had Sky+ for 2 months and it has also started to make a humming noise. I also noticed that the digibox gets very hot.</p><p></p><p>I have opened my digibox and peeked into its entrails. The noise definitely comes from the disk drive. I read on another board that this is usual with (all?) sky+ digiboxes. Apparently the disk drive spins continously and generates a lot of heat that is not sufficiently dissipated. According to what I read, the fan starts running at some 50°C, which is too late. </p><p></p><p>As a first step, I simply fitted a computer fan powered with a converter just behind the air vent to extract the hot air. In less than 15 minutes the box was cool. But the noise was still there.</p><p></p><p>So I decided to replace the original hard drive with a new one. And since it's something already tried, I went with a bigger drive: 80GB. The one that have been tried and worked are Maxtor drives / 5400 RPM. I ordered one from a German site.</p><p></p><p>I will also plug the original fan into an internal power source that is continuoisly fed in order to make it spin 24h. People who have already tried that (there are many out there) have also fitted a 'Fan Mate' that allows you to reduce the RPM of the fan in order to make it quiter.</p><p></p><p>Here it is. All I said here, I read in another board (Digital Spy) and you can take a look at a step-by-step turorial on how to replace your hard drive (and which one to chose) on <a href="http://www.hummer.co.uk/inside-skyplus.html" target="_blank">http://www.hummer.co.uk/inside-skyplus.html</a></p><p></p><p>Let me know if you want more details. I will do my hard drive and fan upgrade this weekend. I'll let you know.</p><p></p><p>Cheers!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rob, post: 11254"] Hi mate, I may be able to help you. I have had Sky+ for 2 months and it has also started to make a humming noise. I also noticed that the digibox gets very hot. I have opened my digibox and peeked into its entrails. The noise definitely comes from the disk drive. I read on another board that this is usual with (all?) sky+ digiboxes. Apparently the disk drive spins continously and generates a lot of heat that is not sufficiently dissipated. According to what I read, the fan starts running at some 50°C, which is too late. As a first step, I simply fitted a computer fan powered with a converter just behind the air vent to extract the hot air. In less than 15 minutes the box was cool. But the noise was still there. So I decided to replace the original hard drive with a new one. And since it's something already tried, I went with a bigger drive: 80GB. The one that have been tried and worked are Maxtor drives / 5400 RPM. I ordered one from a German site. I will also plug the original fan into an internal power source that is continuoisly fed in order to make it spin 24h. People who have already tried that (there are many out there) have also fitted a 'Fan Mate' that allows you to reduce the RPM of the fan in order to make it quiter. Here it is. All I said here, I read in another board (Digital Spy) and you can take a look at a step-by-step turorial on how to replace your hard drive (and which one to chose) on [url]http://www.hummer.co.uk/inside-skyplus.html[/url] Let me know if you want more details. I will do my hard drive and fan upgrade this weekend. I'll let you know. Cheers! [/QUOTE]
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