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AJA Kona LHi Fan Noise
Hi Everyone,
I bought a used AJA Kona LHi for cheap but the fan on it is unreasonably loud. It's actually difficult to overstate how loud it is. AJA wants me to send it in for repair but I've read a few threads where people just disconnected the fan and used it. I was hoping to see if anyone has some long-term experience with just disconnecting the fan on their Kona card? Is it working well without the fan? For the cost of the repair I could basically just buy another card, so it hardly seems worth it. Thanks in advance. Ryan
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Ryan McCambridge Producer • Sound Designer • Mixer |
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Re: AJA Kona LHi Fan Noise
Hi,
I took the fan from my LHi apart after reading some posts here and so far so good. Card Temperature stays between 82 grad celsius and 92-93. No hiccups. No more winning noise! It would be cool if Aja makes just a playback card without fans like black magic does. Cheers, Jaime |
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Re: AJA Kona LHi Fan Noise
Thanks Jaime. That's helpful. I can't imagine that what we do is all that intensive, really.
Ryan
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Ryan McCambridge Producer • Sound Designer • Mixer |
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Re: AJA Kona LHi Fan Noise
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Thanks again. Ryan
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Ryan McCambridge Producer • Sound Designer • Mixer |
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Re: AJA Kona LHi Fan Noise
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I did remove the fan. This way can the heat from the chip better dissipate. After removing it you can easily clean the thermal paste. There are plenty of tutorials online. You could also leave the bottom metal part of the fan on the chip as heatsink. but I'm not sure how well that would work as it is just a flat part. Best, Jaime Last edited by JaimeGB; 12-17-2019 at 09:46 AM. |
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Re: AJA Kona LHi Fan Noise
Fair point! Thanks Jamie.
Ryan
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Ryan McCambridge Producer • Sound Designer • Mixer |
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Re: AJA Kona LHi Fan Noise
I have read somewhere that Aja honours replacements as this is a known defect on these units. Might be worth a try.
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Re: AJA Kona LHi Fan Noise
I probably was the first person who took the risk and removed the fan from my Aja Lhi card. After 7 years using it without a fan and having zero issues, I recommend doing so for those who has a problem with it's noise.
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Michael Goorevich Sound Designer / mixer www.goorevich.com PT HD⎪N v2024.3 Ultimate ● macOS Ventura 13.6.3 MacPro 7.1 (2019) 3.2GHz Intel Xeon W 16-Core ● 96 GB RAM MTRX Studio + DADman 5.7.0.1 + MOM ● Sync HD ● AJA Kona LHi referenced by AJA GEN10 ● D-Command ES24 |
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Re: AJA Kona LHi Fan Noise
Thanks everyone.
When I called AJA and pressed them about getting a replacement they said that it would have to go into service at their regular repair rates, so I guess they don't honour that anymore. Unfortunately. That said, I had sort of figured that I'd end up having to remove the fan. I don't have a machine room so it makes more sense for me. Besides, I got the card for about $100, so paying to ship it to/from AJA and then pay for the repair is probably more expensive than the cost of another card, so it likely doesn't make sense. Well, I guess I'll bust out the soldering iron. Thanks again! Ryan
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Ryan McCambridge Producer • Sound Designer • Mixer |
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Re: AJA Kona LHi Fan Noise
I've been running mine for about five years with no fan; no issues.
In a mac pro 5,1 silver tower, so ventilation is pretty decent. -jeremiah |
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