Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 12:12:38 09/30/03
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On September 30, 2003 at 15:06:28, Michael P. Nance Sr. wrote: >On September 30, 2003 at 13:35:14, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>Hi folks, >> >>My 1.2 GHz Athlon system gets too hot inside. >> >>Even after turning it off, the 4 hard drives are too hot to touch after a couple >>minutes. >> >>This can't be good. :-( >> >>What's the *easiest* way to make the inside of the case cooler, without having >>to mess with the CPU fan (I have no evidence that the CPU itself gets too hot). >> >>Thanks in advance! > >Along the same line. I have a dual Opteron that came with 6 Fans,It had places >for 4 more. The other 4 were installed ,for a total of 10 fans. Of coarse ,this >is a Workstation and NOT a Desktop. I have been running Auto-player 232 1.0 >every Night,all Night long, and the Sides of the P/Cs weren't even warm. The air >is sucked in threw the Front thru Filters,and blown out the rear. It's a little >LOUD,that's why I have Nicnamed It, the B-17,after the WW II Bomber,because It >sounds like One. Just wanted to add that. >>>>Mike As I sit here with the case open and the PC running, I think I discovered something incredibly STUPID that I did: From all appearances, I mounted the rear fan (over 2 years ago!) so that it blows inward. Yet the front fan also blows inward. If true, that REALLY blows! ;-) I should try reversing the rear fan, eh?
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