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Re: OT: Noisy hub


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  • Subject: Re: OT: Noisy hub
  • From: "Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 10:22:59 -0000
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Mine has a built in power supply and a fan.  Perhaps the fan bearings are
gone?

M.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doogie Brodie" <dbrodie@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 10:20 AM
Subject: [ukha_d] OT: Noisy hub


> Just to continue the trend of off topic conversations ;->
>
> Very strange one this..... Came into the office this morning to find a
funny hissing noise, coming from a 3com 16 port hub.... Our "IT
technician"
who's on nighshift emailed me saying
>
> "The hissing noise is coming from the 3com hub, don't know why.
Please
unplug the power from it on Friday night incase it catches fire"....!!
>
> Anybody have any suggestions about what / why something in a hub does
this. I don't know what the components inside a hub are, but would imagine
they're pretty simple... and not the sort of thing to hiss.
>
> (The hissing noise is quite loud.....  it sounds like somebody put a
nail
through a gas pipe!)
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
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