Internal fan noise
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Hi, just received my LE kit and all seems to work fine so far (completed marble demo) except for the internal fan which seems overly noisy. It's about the level of a large fly buzzing around and the intensity varies with movement. Just wanted to ask if this is normal or if the fan is touching something internally. Is it likely that I can fix this (I'm competent with electronics) or will I have to a) put up with it, or b) need to get a replacement? (booo).
I don't know if it's related or relevant but the internal speakers seem quite 'tinny' and don't reproduce music very well, but I just thought I'd mention that too.
Thanks,
Sam
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Hey Sam,
I used my Tilt5 for the first time today and I am experiencing the same thing you describe.
The fan seems really loud compared to that of other devices like the Oculus Quest.
When I move my head quickly that also changes the sound it makes.After trying out the demos and the Unity SDK I already kind of got used the humming fan (even though this needs improvement if it is meant to be like that).
I am more concerned with the cooling performance. At a room temperature of 25°C it gets really hot really quick.
Looking at it with the FLIR camera it seems a bit like the fan is mostly cooling itself while from the middle to the left the internals get hotter with the FLIR measuring close to 50°C on the left side's surface (right at the larger air vents). I'm used to a lot from VR headsets but the heat on the forehead does seem a bit much. And that was the result of only one round of marbles (which runs very smooth and looks and plays awesome by the way).
Cheers,
John
