Macintosh SE Fan Upgrade

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So I have two Macintosh SEs, one I keep in its original condition (20MB hard drive loud fan etc)  The other one is my play Mac which I upgraded with more RAM, Hard Drive etc.  My most recent addition is an ultra quiet fan. 

Now I went for a 40mm fan because this particular SE does not have allot of room inside (it had the vertical hamster wheel fan).  So far my tests have shown it to be sufficient.  I open it up after some use and check the temperature of various components etc.  

However I can probably fit in a 60mm fan inside if I want to.  My question is, has anyone else done this to a SE, and what was your experience.

 

[360alaska]

do you have a pic of the hamster cage fan?

 

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Here a picture of the old fan.

 

[360alaska]

that's actually kind of cool, thanks for the pic...

 

[unity]

The squirrel fans are indeed noisy and why Apple changed to box fans.

 

[markyb86]

I had a normal box fan, But I did change it out for an 80mm fan.

https://68kmla.org/forums/index.php?/topic/18724-macintosh-se-80mm-fan-upgrade/?p=187435

Still have it configured this way, and it still sounds great. Can't hear it at all. Before it was louder than the Zip drive.

 

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I was not happy with the 40mm fan. Upgraded it to 50mm, it seems much cooler now.