On Sat, 2011-09-24 at 13:12 -0700, Linda McLeod wrote: > If the tower is set near a hot air vent, the fans will pull-in heat, > and heat what they're supposed to be cooling...
Or, even just in a location with poor circulation... Warm air already in the room, and the computer's exhaust sucked back into its inlet. I've thought, a time or two, about putting some plastic piping from one of the computer's vents over towards the window. So they can suck in some cooler air, in my overly warm workshop. I've not really wanted to get into the expense of trying a liquid cooled system. But the idea of a silent system, one using heatpipes and massive heatsinks appeals to me, because I miss having a silent workroom. I think the personal computer is a bit of a bad design (in may ways), but just regarding the cooling aspect of it: You have a device that needs to keep cool, operated by people who don't know much about that. It needs forced cooling, yet uses a technique that is prone to failure, and requires maintenance by unskilled owners. And is frequently placed in the worst locations (shoved into a desk, on the floor, against the wall, maybe almost totally enclosed in part of the desk). -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
