Redneck repairs on the mythtv server

Our mythtv server is on a lightweight chassis. I mean, REALLY lightweight. It uses hardware that looks like a laptop without the LCD. It's really similar to an EeeBox.

Anyhow, the fan was failing. It's a proprietary design. I got a replacement on the interwebs but it's wrong- and it's the only hope I had for a direct replacement. So I hatched a Plan. Remove the fan from the motherboard, cut a hole through the case, install a standard-size fan pushing air into the case.

In the end it required some soldering and extra connectors from my computer junk bin. But it works!


So, the frankenfan:



Tamara, cutting the aluminum lid: