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diff --git a/guides/setups/hardware.org b/guides/setups/hardware.org index 9382048..b8fe70b 100644 --- a/guides/setups/hardware.org +++ b/guides/setups/hardware.org @@ -51,3 +51,23 @@ hostile": because there was no room left to pass the 20-pin ATX connector. - Power supply user manual was taped to the bubble wrap, so part of the "warnings" section got torn off. +** maintenance +*** Front panel +The case's manual has a terse illustration with two arrows to pull the +front panel "away and up" from the rest of the case. + +Here too, the amount of force required to do that is terrifying. +Notice how [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUD0HyzVpLg][our friend here]] cuts abruptly at 8:17; that's because the +levels of violence required to tear that panel off are too graphic for +YouTube. +*** Front fan +Remember that fan from earlier, the one with only 3 holes for the +motherboard's 4 pins? Turns out + +1. that last "optional" pin is supposed to allow speed control; + without it, the fan always spins at full speed; +2. the fan itself (ZA1225ASL) is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd6gDY7LPlU][complete and utter crap]]: it cannot be + disassembled, so no cleaning off the dirt, no greasing. + +So the thing is loud, it always spins at full speed, and if one day it +decides to become even louder than usual, you're SOL. |