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after reading a few storied about the 800 being a bit slow due to overheating, i decided to get it as hot as i could during normal use
i turned the 360 on right next to it, while recording one HD channel and watching something else
and jesus, did it get hot
while it was like this, the menus were sluggish as hell, it was unresponsive to the remote, it was crap
so i took it all apart
i took a small fan from a faulty sky+ box, and started looking for somewhere to shove it (i know what some of you are thinking lol), and with a HDD installed, and the eSATA connection removed, there still wasnt enough space for this small fan
the majority of the heat seemed to be coming from the tuner itself, so ideally i wanted to direct airflow over the tuner, so i put the hard drive and eSATA connector back in, and started to look at the case itself for options
now i didnt want a fan plonked on top of the box, that could fall off or be bumped while the kids are playing with the consoles, so i decided to fit it to the side of the receiver, directing air directly over and under the tuner module, and out through the top and opposite side of the receiver, this will also circulate air over and under the hard drive as well
i decided against hard wiring the fan to the internal USB, and instead put a small coupler near the fan, and made 2 different length usb leads, one just fits to the rear socket of the receiver, the other is long enough to plug into the xbox next to the dreambox to run the fan at a higher speed
ill attach photos an a while, at the moment im getting it as hot as possible again, im monitoring this by looking at the HDD temp, at the moment its on 42'C and has been climbing for the last 10 mins or so, once it levels out, ill start the fan from the back of the receivers usb socket and see how low it brings it
ill take screen shots of the temp as well as show pics of how i fitted it
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