Ascend has taken steps to improve the cooling through a box, The older MAX's have only 2 outake fans, (Which are the old sleave bearing fans) they redesigned the box in the latter part of last year and tossed in an additional third outake fan, (also are now using ball bearing type fans now). Also they inverted the power-supply. To stop heat from escaping the box and getting sucked back in by the intake fan. A MAX 4xxx w/ K56 Cards will run considerbly cooler than a box w/ V.34 cards. Jason Nealis Erols Internet On Mon, 8 Sep 1997 ascend@digistar.com wrote: > > Over a three month period, TWO, count 'em, TWO max 4000s melted down, one > caught on fire with the new 56K modem cards. One unit was 18 months old, > the other was 4 months old. > > Someone in engineering needs to have their head examined. Both boxes were > hotter than hell to the touch at inspection. > > I don't know what this is indicative of... but the eight PM3s on trial > are starting to look a lot better... > > > > Regards, > Jason. > > -- > ____ . . __ > / __ \__ ___ __ ___ / /____ _____ jsb@digistar.com Jason S. Buchanan > / /_/ / / // / /(_-</ __/ _ `/ __/ Springfield, MO Digistar MicroSystems > /_____/_/\_, /_/\___/\__/\_,_/_/ KA0MNX <A HREF="http://www.digistar.com/~jsb/">http://www.digistar.com/~jsb/</A> > /___/ IRC-Op irc@Springfield.MO.US.undernet.org > UNIX/NT Systems and Network Administrator > voice: 417-865-2480 fax: 417-865-1243 > > one net to rule them all, one net to find them, > one net to bring them all, using Unix to bind them. > > > <A HREF="http://www.eelsauce.com">http://www.eelsauce.com</A> > > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ > To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com > To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq">http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg08479.html">Re: (ASCEND) MAX 4000 + 56K modem cards = fire</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Jake Messinger <jake@ams.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg08448.html">(ASCEND) MAX 4000 + 56K modem cards = fire</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: ascend@digistar.com</LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08470.html">Re: (ASCEND) Ascend Patch 5.0ap23?</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08471.html">Re: (ASCEND) Be careful with 5.0Ap23!</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08461.html">Re: (ASCEND) MAX 4000 + 56K modem cards = fire</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg08479.html">Re: (ASCEND) MAX 4000 + 56K modem cards = fire</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="mail17.html#08469"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd156.html#08469"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>