Re: Mobo with fan controls

From: Hugo Vanwoerkom (hvw59601_at_care2.com)
Date: 01/31/04

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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 16:18:23 -0600

    Paul Morgan wrote:
    > On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 20:42:22 -0800, Day Brown wrote:
    >
    >
    >>One other reminder that PCs were designed for the corporate environment.
    >>People at home open the windows. And after being a home a few years, the
    >>fans have clogged the heat sinks with dust, and the system fries. I run
    >>with the hood off. Also take off the cover on the power supply, and
    >>threw away the fan. The passive heat dispersal keeps the power supply
    >>cooler, and it dont suck dust. If you dont like the way it looks, drape
    >>a doily or damask table cloth over it.
    >>
    >
    >
    > I've been running this particular mobo and CPU now for over 2 years,
    > and... no noticeable dust to speak of. And it's sitting on a carpeted
    > floor. It's a simple matter to make filters for case fans and to install
    > in such a way that there's always positive air pressure in the case.
    >

    I live in a small town in Mexico and there is dust everywhere because
    there are no paved streets, even indoors with windows closed, but that
    raises the temperature in the room because of the sun.

    I am about to get the machine cleaned.

    Hugo. 

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