I've just been watching this discussion from the sidelines up til now.
But I just can't resist being the devil's advocate any longer. <grin>
To those of you who recommend removing the cover...

Do you also recommend removing the back cover from a TV?
The picture tube would run much cooler and the set would
probably last longer.
How about taking off the hood off of your car?  Looking at things
from a temperature perspective, that's a device that could really
use some extra cooling.

Jim Meagher

----- Original Message -----

>     When something is not logical, I check it out for myself.  Since I
have
> never seen any computer case designed to "channel" air flow for maximum
> cooling, I mentally disputed the claims that the CPU runs cooler with the
> case cover on.  To prove that the "opposite" is true and the CPU runs
hotter
> with the cover on, I made measurements with and without the cover.

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