RE: Node zero in the loft

["Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>]

It is the processor that usually gets really hot, not the power supply.

Graham

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rj@xxxxxxx [mailto:rj@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 March 2001 23:42
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Node zero in the loft
>
>
> or maybe even look at mounting the power supply externally
> out of the case,
> we did this in our studio because the PCs sit right under a
> mixing desk and
> the power supplies were leaking interference into the panel, we just
> extended the peripheral power cables another meter.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, 29 March 2001 8:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Node zero in the loft
>
>
> >out where they got in... if rain can't how the f**k do birds do
it!?
> >
>
> Rain can't fall upwards!
>
>
> >
> >Although it would aid cooling I would prefer not to leave
> the case off for
> >a
> >loft PC to avoid excessive dust on circuit boards. I guess
> this means
> >*lots*
>
> - THIS AINT NECESSARILY SO! - you could very well degrade the cooling
> capability by leaving the lid off the case - many PC's are
> designed to use
> forced air flow through the case to provide the effective
> cooling, and
> depend totally on being enclosed in order to vector the
> airflow across the
> heatsinks. - Although this might seem counter-intuitive, if
> you think about
> it, it does make sense - after all, how effective is a
> massive heatsink
> going to be if there is totally static air around it? - how
> is the heat
> going to be convected away? - with no airflow there is only
> radiated heat
> loss from the heatsink.
>
> So be careful before you try this! - I would suggest you
> measure the CPU
> temperature both with lid on and with lid off. - If you have
> a new enough PC
>
> with health monitoring features, you should have CPU
> temperature measurement
>
> built in... (you >did< fit the thermocouple between the CPU
&
> its heatsink
> didn't you... ;-)  )
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>
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