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Digital Doc 5 Is ANNOYING!

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by scoob8000, 17 Feb 2002.

  1. scoob8000

    scoob8000 Wheres my plasma cutter?

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    Just got and installed a digital doc 5 by macpower.. this thing is hella annoying, the temp updates constantly thus the fans are constantly cycling on and off and on, its more friggin annoying then them all screaming constantly.. anyone have any ideas how I can get around this?
    If not, anyone wanna buy it off me? :)
     
    scoob8000, 17 Feb 2002
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  2. b1g-d0g

    b1g-d0g Multimodder

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    Find a large hammer and go to town on it m8 :)
     
    b1g-d0g, 18 Feb 2002
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  3. jamiesurfs

    jamiesurfs Boom Boom, Cha Cha Cha!

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    ROFLMAO :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

    Nice idea, waste of money though!
     
    jamiesurfs, 18 Feb 2002
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  4. eddie_dane

    eddie_dane Used to mod pc's now I mod houses

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    :rofl:
     
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  5. b1g-d0g

    b1g-d0g Multimodder

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    I cant talk my m8s givein me one this week :)
    will a hammer be big enough ?
     
    b1g-d0g, 18 Feb 2002
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  6. scoob8000

    scoob8000 Wheres my plasma cutter?

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    oy! a hammer? I'm about to see how many times it will bounce when I drop it out of a 6th story window... I already desoldered the peizo beeper in it, so thats not so bad, but i still think
    whirr - quiet - whirr - quiet - whirr - quiet is worse then whirr - whirr- whirr- whirr- whirr- etc..


    :p

    mike
     
    scoob8000, 19 Feb 2002
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  7. b1g-d0g

    b1g-d0g Multimodder

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    Wohoo,im going to take out everything and leave the front on so that i can look at it and pretened it works :)
     
    b1g-d0g, 19 Feb 2002
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  8. Mat-d-Rat

    Mat-d-Rat Drive it to the edge baby

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    Not sure if this would work, but the dig-doc put's 12v to the fans? Why not (somehow - just sugesting ideas!) - wire them up in so they have a constant 7v to them and digidoc boosts it to 12v or something? Bit like an automatic 7v/12v baybus type of thing...then the noise should be much lower and the fans given a boost when temps get too high.......
     
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  9. scoob8000

    scoob8000 Wheres my plasma cutter?

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    hrmm thats a pretty good idea actually.. granted I'm not great with this kinda thing, but do ya think supplyin voltage to a set of terminals thats on the doc that are off hurt the doc? sounds like a job for mr. diode, but can a diode carry enough juice to power a fan? any takers? :)
     
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  10. Mat-d-Rat

    Mat-d-Rat Drive it to the edge baby

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    Phew - at least I've not made a complete arse out of myself - can't help much more than provide the idea though!! Sorry...
     
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  11. scoob8000

    scoob8000 Wheres my plasma cutter?

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    good idear, i just lack the knowledge to do it.. :p
     
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  12. Buzzard

    Buzzard What's a Dremel?

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    Haven't thought of that..

    how about just connecting the fans to the 5V from the PSU as well as the DD5 ?
     
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  13. scoob8000

    scoob8000 Wheres my plasma cutter?

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    wouldnt that short out the powersuply when the digital doc kicks on a fan?
     
    scoob8000, 20 Feb 2002
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  14. xrs444

    xrs444 What's a Dremel?

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    Use the 12V output to the fans to turn on a optoisolator (neater than a relay) to connect the fans to the 0V or 5V line to switch them, connect the output to the first optoisolator, then NOT it using an inverter and connect it to the second optoisolator

    you could of course use a relay instead

    HTH
     
    xrs444, 22 Feb 2002
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