Sounds like a good "front" idea to me!
People have said on this forum before that the fan is primarily there to cool
an internal HD and Nubus cards (possibly the souped-up video card and Ethernet
as well?). If this is indeed the case, you theoretically could spin down the HD
and while you can't put the computer to sleep in the dock, by spinning down the
HD and doing nothing on the computer, there should be very little going on to
create the need to cool. So my vote is to install that switch (I may even do it
myself). Just don't forget to turn it back on.
chris smolyk wrote:
> Like Steve Jobs, I hate the sound of my fan. Not so much when I'm using the
> DuoDock, but when I want to read, watch TV or nap in the same room I want
> to turn it off.
> Since the Duo itself does not need a fan, I'm wondering if the fan
> in the Dock needs to be on when the machine is idle. I'd love to install a
> switch so I could turn that fan sound off until I want to do something on
> the machine again.
> Can anyone tell me if this would be a back idea?
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