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#1 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:01 AM

Hi,

I have a B180L+ machine and it seems that some parts are missing. The
picture on http://www.openpa.net/systems/images/b132_io-slot.jpg shows
some kind of assembly to mount a fan and a speaker, while I only have a
speaker and there's no obvious way to mount it.
Does someone have a photo or sketch how this is supposed to be mounted?
Perhaps I can make something similar and add a fan to it. I guess
that's a bit healthier for the machine than without any airflow inside...

Thanks in advance,
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Maurice

#2 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:01 AM

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:10:13 +0000 (UTC), Maurice Janssen wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a B180L+ machine and it seems that some parts are missing. The
>picture on http://www.openpa.net/systems/images/b132_io-slot.jpg shows
>some kind of assembly to mount a fan and a speaker, while I only have a
>speaker and there's no obvious way to mount it.
>Does someone have a photo or sketch how this is supposed to be mounted?

Never mind, I found the manuals on the openpa.net website and they are
very clear about it is supposed to be mounted.

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Maurice

#3 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:01 AM

* Maurice Janssen:

> I have a B180L+ machine and it seems that some parts are missing. The
> picture on http://www.openpa.net/systems/images/b132_io-slot.jpg shows
> some kind of assembly to mount a fan and a speaker, while I only have a
> speaker and there's no obvious way to mount it.
> Does someone have a photo or sketch how this is supposed to be mounted?
> Perhaps I can make something similar and add a fan to it. I guess
> that's a bit healthier for the machine than without any airflow inside...

Since this fan also cooles the power supply I wouldn't operate the
machine without it.

Benjamin

#4 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:01 AM

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:02:52 +0200, Benjamin Gawert wrote:
>* Maurice Janssen:
>
>> I have a B180L+ machine and it seems that some parts are missing. The
>> picture on http://www.openpa.net/systems/images/b132_io-slot.jpg shows
>> some kind of assembly to mount a fan and a speaker, while I only have a
>> speaker and there's no obvious way to mount it.
>> Does someone have a photo or sketch how this is supposed to be mounted?
>> Perhaps I can make something similar and add a fan to it. I guess
>> that's a bit healthier for the machine than without any airflow inside...
>
>Since this fan also cooles the power supply I wouldn't operate the
>machine without it.

I fully agree, so I installed two fans with some double sided tape. Not
the best way to mount them, but it'll do for now.
Unfortunately, I have no idea if the machine has been running without
the fans by the previous owner(s). It seems to work fine though, so
let's hope there's no damage...

--
Maurice

#5 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:01 AM

> I fully agree, so I installed two fans with some double sided tape. Not
> the best way to mount them, but it'll do for now.
> Unfortunately, I have no idea if the machine has been running without
> the fans by the previous owner(s). It seems to work fine though, so
> let's hope there's no damage...

At least some of the fans are monitored by the computer. If they don't
start the system shuts down. I'm sure we had a dead b132 which just had
a bad fan.

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#6 (**permalink**) 01-17-2008, 06:01 AM

On Sat, 30 Jun 2007 19:28:12 +0100, John Burns wrote:
>> I fully agree, so I installed two fans with some double sided tape. Not
>> the best way to mount them, but it'll do for now.
>> Unfortunately, I have no idea if the machine has been running without
>> the fans by the previous owner(s). It seems to work fine though, so
>> let's hope there's no damage...
>
>At least some of the fans are monitored by the computer. If they don't
>start the system shuts down.

Is this monitored by HP-UX or in hardware? The systems came without
disk and I installed OpenBSD on a new disk. So I've never seen it
running HP-UX.

>I'm sure we had a dead b132 which just had a bad fan.

I had it running without the two big fans for a few minutes and it
didn't complain. So perhaps the CPU fan or (less likely) the drive bay
fan is being monitored?

--
Maurice

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