My GuruPlug is not a hairdryer....

[Rexyboy]

And the end shot.....  You may notice that I am still to pop in a few nuts and self tapping screws.

[mabuhay]

Great to see all these ideas

I also modified my GuruPlug. If anyone is interested, here are my notes about improving the cooling and making the fan more silent.

@Rexyboy: my fan is still a little loud. A bigger fan like yours would be another big improvement i think. Is it a ball bearing fan like the one built into the GuruPlug or another bearing type? Is it just a 5V fan running at full speed?

mfg

[mururoa]

I've done a much more easy mod.
I removed the PSU and the 2 cm fan.
Then I installed a 5 cm 12V fan on the bottom of the case powered with the 2 wires of the original fan so 12V --> 5V. Without the PSU in the case the fan blow directly on the MB.
I put the PSU in a smal Teko box with a female plug. It is still connected to the device with the original plug that goes outside of the box
And that's it guruplug server plus + 5 cm fan + Teko box + female PSU.
Now the device is just cold anytime with no noise

[Drumknott]

I'm going to start modding my plug, my tool supply is fairly limited so I think my first mod is going to be to remove the PSU and then stick a resistor on the fan to quiet it down a bit.

I am a bit wary of creating my own PSU, sounds like an accident waiting to happen, so I think I'm going to buy this: http://www.rapidonline.com/Electrical-Power/Power-Supplies/Plug-In-PSUs/31W-Interchangeable-plugtop-desktop-switch-mode-power-supply/81329/kw/85-3120?source=googleps&utm_source=googleps

and then wire it in to my guruplug

[regmund]

@mururoa

I am quite keen on your simpler mod idea, but I would love to have a better idea of the equipment you've used to replace the fan and psu and your new psu case.

Could you provide some more (or preferably) links to these.

I've not heard of Teko boxes, does the guruplug server plus psu get hot/warm? and if so, how well ventilated is the teko case that you have chosen?

[yj]

in case you're interesed in, this is what I made out of my guru plug server plus:
http://cesoft.free.fr/guruplug/IMAG0113.jpg
http://cesoft.free.fr/guruplug/IMAG0114.jpg
http://cesoft.free.fr/guruplug/IMAG0115.jpg

no more heat problems now.