Recent content by Russellj

Ah but the feeling is brilliant! :) And I *was* genuinely grateful. You just didn't have to be such A Hole about it :o_O:

I'm sure you're all dying to know... The fan I purchased from eBay (link in post #40) arrived, was fitted, and the fan turned up to 100% via the fan package. I now have air again :) No dying motherboards, no dodgy connections, no failed circuits. Just the simple swapping out of a £6.79 fan...

Wow! I thought it was supposed to be *me* that signs up, trolls you guys and gets banned! There's a lot of unwarranted unpleasantness here for a noob! Black Hole - thanks for the ebay link - just what I was hoping for :) If that doesn't work I'll contemplate taking it to someone who can...

Hee hee! I got all sorts of cables n leads n stuff. Including a ZX81 RAM pack somewhere... but no ZX81... but it would be madness to throw that out cos one day... :) Pretty sure the fan is dead. Potential damage to the board is irrelevant at this stage. I paid five whole pounds for a new fan. I...

Thanks for the speedy reply - really appreciated. If only I hadn't handed in my old fan for WEEE like a good eco person :( And unfortunately testing electrical things is above my pay grade - was delighted to have managed to swap out the disk! A new fan's only a few quid. Must be a goto...

As per the OP, after 5 years of great experience I have also just successfully replaced my failed 1Tb disk for a 2Tb model. I also found the old disk very hot to handle and was worried about the fan. I already have the custom firmware, so installed and configured the fan package to run...