on 12-03-2021 18:27
My SH4 has suddenly become very noisy. Like the fan inside has started running and hasn’t switched off. Ive only noticed this this evening and it is definitely not something it’s done before. So- is it about to die or perfectly normal?
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on 12-03-2021 19:03
Reboot it and give it a Hoover on the top and bottom vents.
Theres probably a dust build-up on the vents
on 12-03-2021 19:03
Reboot it and give it a Hoover on the top and bottom vents.
Theres probably a dust build-up on the vents
12-03-2021 20:12 - edited 12-03-2021 20:12
I blow it out now and then with my DataVac, if you seen the stripdown (on the WWW and here somewhere) you would see how poor it cools as the fans airflow is mostly blocked by the internals.
Some have it sat it on a base with large fan like laptop coolers etc, would help to raise it up on little rubber feet.
I know it runs hot 9even at idle with my hand on top and the engineers say the same, my PC runs cooler at idle.
on 12-03-2021 20:14
Thanks all. I’ll give it a Hoover out tomorrow. I’ve only had it since January so I wouldn’t have expected it to have collected much dust yet. I like to believe we’re a clean and tidy house 🙂
12-03-2021 20:49 - edited 12-03-2021 20:50
I live in older house and at front (right on a main road) it gets dusty more than rear and if you have pets even more so (I no longer do), added to human skin and the nearer to floor it is the dustier it will get esp. if hard flooring as carpets act as a filter.
Anything with a fan will get dusty.
on 16-03-2021 16:44
Hello narc1999
Thanks for taking the time to raise your Super Hub 4 query in regards to fan noise, as always, lots of helpful advice on here from our excellent members.
It's been a few days since your post so we're just checking in to see if any of the advice offered and hoovering the Hub has helped reduce the fan noice?
Thanks
Rob
on 16-03-2021 16:53
The ‘hoover it out’ advice was the most appropriate and seemed to work (that and switching it off and on). I wasn’t aware there was a vent on the bottom of the SH4 which, upon inspection, was it unite dusty.
So for future reference- excessive fan noise means hoover out the top and bottom of the SH!
on 16-03-2021 17:00
Thanks for getting back to us narc1999 and glad to hear the advice worked.
If you need us again in the future, please don't hesitate to get in touch.
Rob