I don't think that will help unless you take the cover off the box. And then you get more dust on the parts. The little fans for the inside of the box, especially around the PCU, are only about $20. A cheap investment for the lifetime of the computer. Jan G. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Sharon Workman" <workman@dreamscape.com> Reply-To: "Sharon Workman" <workman@dreamscape.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BSChat] Air Circulation and Computers Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 19:36:27 -0400 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 > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Creative use of your delete key is encouraged. If you disagree with the subject, CHANGE the subject. ============================== 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 _________________________________________________________________ Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com