[Suns-at-Home] Re: [Suns-at-Home] Ultra 5 - Quiet Power Supply

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>From: "Lewis, Benjamin (Ben)" <blewis3@lucent.com>
>Date: 2006/10/10 Tue AM 07:51:21 CDT
>To: suns-at-home@net-kitchen.com
>Subject: [Suns-at-Home] Ultra 5  - Quiet Power Supply

>Hello Folks
>
>I was thinking last night that the power supply in my Ultra 5 is very
>noisy. I'd like to be able to leave this machine running 24/7 at home
>but the noise from the power supply means it can be heard throughout the
>house at night.
>
>Does anyone know if the Ultra 5 uses a standard PC AT(X) power supply?
>Would it be feasible to swap the stock PS for one of these new super
>quiet ones?

I heard (on another list I'm on) that they are ATX compatible. The Ultra 10 an 5 bases I use have relatively quiet fans - is yours loud, or are you looking for "very quiet"?

Ken