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[basslake <basslake@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject: Re: [SLE] hardware over heating problem
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:46:04 -0400
From: basslake@xxxxxxxxxxxx


Operating with the case removed, greatly reduces the effeciency of the fan.
eg. the fan trys to draw all the volume in the room, instead of just the volume 
in a closed, computer case.
reference - 'Upgrading, & Repairing PCs' , Mueller - QUE books .

John W Mislan

Hi Christopher!

On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Christopher D. Reimer wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Jun 2001, Samy Elashmawy wrote:
> 
> > My pc is over heating and locking up or rebooting on me. Its a generick pc
> > with asus p5 motherboard with amd 400 cpu and 128 meg ram 10 gig drive ,
> > agp viper v550 vidio , creative 5x DVD with pci decoder card and cdrom.
> > Nice box and I want to keep using it.
> 
> AMD K6-2/3 CPUs are suspectible to heat build up inside a case.  The best
> option is to get a new case with a fan in the bottom front (sucking air 
> in) and a fan in the top back (sucking air out).  Getting a large case
> will allow better air circulation between the different components.  On
> really hot days, do your computer a favor and leave it off until the room
> temperature cools down.
> 
> Christopher Reimer
> 
> 
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