Mike, Thanks for the information. I wish I had tried moving the wires against the chassis or putting ferrites on the fan wires.
I'm not sure what I could do about this from a practical view point, though, except to look for another PC. I doubt if the FCC would allow you to modify the PC. Max %> %>> I still have the problem when I remove all of the %>cables from the system, %>> including the printer cable, etc. The emissions are %>coming out of the %>> holes in the PC cabinet and this is a very good PC %>and is well sealed. The %>> largest emissions seem to be coming from the fan %>vent holes. %>> %> %> %>> [email protected] %>>-- End of excerpt from Max %> %> %>Max, %>We have had problems with fans and fan vent holes very %>often. %> %>All the rules about hole sizes and emissions don't %>apply when the body of the fan is mounted right up %>against them and the fan itself is "hot" with RF. We %>have had to keep the power wiring to the fan held flat %>against the chassis and then put ferrites on it to %>choke off any pickup from emissions inside the box. %> %>Once we had to put ferrites on the fan leads from a %>Pentium cooling fan. It seemed to pick RF up %>capacitively right off the case of the Pentium it was %>cooling and then the leads radiated thruout the case. %> %>Good luck! %> %> %>-- %>Mike Donnelly %>[email protected] WD7M %>Standard disclaimer: These are my own words, not the Company's.
