Can you quieten a sky+ box?

IrishHomer

I have an old sky+ box in my conservatory that i use for fta channels and have no sub for the recording feature.

The noise of the box annoys me just wondering can you disconnect the fan on it as the hard disk is not of any use?

John mac

is it just the fan or is the hard drive spinning up?

if its the drive you could open the box and disconnect the power connector to the drive.

I wouldn't touch the fan as it would affect the cooling.

liamf

The main source of heat is the disk anyway. So if the disk is powered off you would probably get away fine with no fan.

Some of those old Sky boxes, depending on the s/w build, won't start at all if the disk is dead.

But it's worth an experiment: disconnect from mains (those internal power supplies can give you quite a nasty jolt :-) ), open up, disconnect power from HDD, power up and see what happens ...

Liameter

If it's a Thomson Digibox I would leave well alone, unless you've upgraded the Power Supply. They are notorious for failing. If the temperature in the conservatory gets much above 20'C I would leave well alone, otherwise you'll reduce the working life of the Digibox.

Otherwise, go ahead.

AthAnRi

Quick Question.

My brother has a standard sky box for his connection at home. However he would like to get sky plus. Is it just a matter of buying a Sky Plus box and connecting it up or do you need to inform sky?

Cantona's Collars

AthAnRi wrote: »

Quick Question.

My brother has a standard sky box for his connection at home. However he would like to get sky plus. Is it just a matter of buying a Sky Plus box and connecting it up or do you need to inform sky?

Connect a second cable to it to make use of full functionality,you have to ring Sky to pair the card with the box also otherwise recording and premium channels won't work.
Ring Sky anyway and see if he's entitled to any deals regarding getting a new box from them-it works more often than not.(threaten to cancel and they'll give you one;))

ch750536

I'd just unplug it.