[geeks] netgear fan replacement help

[Nathan Raymond]

While I haven't done it yet, I plan to pre-emptively replace fans in my 1U
equipment at home soon. One of my preferred fan companies is Noctua, who do
an excellent job at balancing airflow, long life, and low noise in their
fan designs, and I was happy to see they have a line of fans aimed at 1U
equipment. You might want to take a look at the Noctua NF-A4x20 5V
(40x20mm). They also have a PWM model. There's a good chance a Noctua fan
would be a better fan than what came in the equipment, but they are a
little pricey (~$15).


On Thu, Feb 7, 2019 at 3:24 PM Sandwich Maker <adh at an.bradford.ma.us> wrote:

> just discovered the fan in my netgear fs524 has started howling.  it's
> been living next to the dsl modem and demarc in my unheated basement
> for several years but the recent bitter cold may have affected it.
>
> snooping and poking around on the net reveals that it's a 40mm*2 *
> 20mm 5v 7.5-8.0 cfm fan - right?  i'm not sure of the power
> connector though.  can anyone here verify the details?
>
> ebay shows 2 vendors i've never heard of with exact-replacement fans
> for $20, but i'd prefer to buy from newark or digikey if only i knew
> exactly what to order...
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