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Article #295Re: Hard drives breaking (heat?)
From: Craig
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2000 00:00
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On 8 Nov 2000 18:48:13 GMT, Tony Houghton <{tony}@realh.co.uk> wrote:
>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.
Actually.. I check it (just did now) and not too sure what is excatly happening
I better put a new fan in the PC just keep things cool or otherwise it is on
a path for overheating. I read in the magazine PC Plus I think and there was
a article talking about where the air flow should go in the PC.
There is a lot of site out there to keep a PC cool. Or a fridge next to the
pc would be very helpful ;)
--
Craig
http://www.linux2k.freeserve.co.uk
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