Recent content by DuncUK

What tipped me off to the overheating issue is that at its worst last summer, I put my hand on the case above the HDD and it was so hot I couldn't keep my hand there. As for the fan itself... I've had the sysmon package installed for some time and while monitoring during a HD recording and...

I have that package, I might try aggravating the HDR with a couple of recordings and see what happens.

Perhaps... but I suspect in the height of summer (when it's not raining), with a 2x HD recording and HD playback the HDD could still be thrashing away fast enough to overheat. Looks like there are a few 'quiet' 5V 50mm fans that might do as a USB powered replacement. Of course, if they only...

If anyone is interested I "solved" my fan issue by cannibalising an old USB cable. I cut through it and connected the power lines to the fan plug, which I had unplugged from the motherboard. I then plugged the USB cable into the back of the HDR. The fan runs at roughly just under half speed...

The way the HDR internals are set up, there's only room for a fan of the size of the existing one. The HDD caddy has the holder for the fan and sort of acts as an exhaust, so there's no way to fit anything larger. The reason I'd considered an external fan was that, if necessary, I could leave...

I bought an HDR-FOX-T2 over a year and a half ago as a refurbished unit (with a 1TB HDD!). To my knowledge, the fan on my HDR has never spun up. I was quite surprised when I first came to this forum and discovered a thread complaining about fan noise. I've certainly not had that problem! Since...