You folks are helping a lot. What would you think of using a small fan near the computer to circulate air in the room a little better? Sharon IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bobby & Sue Bates" <bsbates@netease.net> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] Need Advice About Computer > > Thanks, Jan. Excellent advice.< > > Jan's right about that heat factor, too. I found out the hard way with > mine recently. It's definately a design flaw when they have the fan blowing > air that's already hot onto the processor!! Seems like some good cross > ventillation would be in order, but what do I know? My pc now has an > additional fan on the thing and the so-called 'heat sink' has been > completely removed. > For the uninitiated, the heat sink looks sort of like a small but > sophisticated bed of nails that is *supposed* to draw and dissipate the heat > from the unit. Except that it doesn't work very well and the fan takes this > dissipating heat and blows it directly onto the processor. At least, it > used to, thx to my buddy, JT! :-) > Best, > SueB > > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >