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In <slrn90j7vd.6dt.tony@realh.co.uk> {tony}@realh.co.uk (Tony Houghton) writes:

]In <8ubhc7$5n9$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk>,
]Craig <Craig@linux2knospam.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

]> On Wed, 08 Nov 2000 00:11:28 GMT, Paul Richards (Pauldoo) 
]> <pauldoo@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
]> > And now my new 30 gig IBM drive is starting to show signs of
]> >it being goosed..  The drives were all quite new when they broke, and
]> >I'm suspecting that it could be due to overheating..?
]> 
]> I wouldn't really think so... everything should be fine.. Try and sort the 
]> cables out in the PC and make sure the fan is taking in air and breathing
]> out warm air at the bottom front of the PC. Maybe your best bet is to get
]> another fan to keep the PC cool?

]Aren't they supposed to blow the air out the back (at the top in
]towers)? Mine used to suck it in from there, but I don't know where it
]was supposed to blow it out, because there aren't any vents in the
]plastic front panel (one day I should get round to drilling some). ISTR
]reading that although it's common for them to be shipped this way, it's
]better to have the airflow from top to bottom, and it makes sense to me.
]So I refitted my fan the other way up. It didn't seem to be adequate
]during the heatwave at the end of this summer though (no symptoms, just
]very sluggish airflow and it felt rather hot even at idle), so I fitted
]a more powerful fan, which was. I might bodge the old one in as a
]chassis fan at the bottom if and when I get round to drilling those
]holes, just to make sure.

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]TH * http://www.realh.co.uk

I think the theory is that the power supply is the hottest thing in the
computer, and thus having the air run over the power supply last is the
best way to keep the insides cool. I would rather have the fan suck in
in part so that I can place a decent air filter over the air intake.
(One of my machines stopped because so much dust had collected on the
CPU fan that it stopped running.)