Topic: Installing a Fan in My Fireface 800
Hi friends, me again. I've got three Fireface 800s which I'm really happy with, but in my current studio setup I have one stacked above the other in a fairly compact 3U desktop rack. They are getting really hot. I'd prefer not to leave spaces above and below them for passive ventilation and cooling, and am considering installing some near-silent computer fans within the chassis (powered probably by USB outside the FF800 chassis).
Has anyone done this and have any results to share?
Background information:
I think I read somewhere that a power supply component is the thing getting hot, and on one of the firefaces I've had it since around 2006 and I did have to replace the power supply a couple years ago (not bad, 12 years out of something running that hot).
But I do worry about other components longevity and lower ease of replacement, and now that I have three cranking out that much heat I'm mildly concerned about it.