I'll take it all apart again tonight. I have noticed that the fan is off when the player is in standby mode...leading me to believe that it might not be difficult to control in software. Ideally it would be cool to trigger it when a temp limit is reached as discussed in previous threads...

It's kinda funny as I don't believe our players need fans at all...I just love to tinker with stuff...right up to the point where I accidentally drill a hole thru the mobo...then it'll be a pistol to the head!