I have a Gateway Select 475 and the top of it gets pretty warm, upon taking 
the cover off for a closer look I discovered that was where the harddrive 
was located. The only fan on this computer is the power supply fan. Don't 
know if this helps or not but take a closer look at the top of the drives to 
see if that is where your harddrive is located. 
Larry Knox
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Wright" <[log in to unmask]> 
To: <[log in to unmask]> 
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2000 6:00 PM 
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] More on cooling fans

> At 01:57 PM 09/09/2000, Marshall Fortescue wrote: 
> >I know this subject has been talked about quite a bit... 
> >I have a Gateway 366, CD-RW and CD-rom, nothing too special more than 
that. 
> >Since reading about this cooling fan/heat rising/no case needed...I 
decided 
> >to take my cover off my tower. 
> >I've noticed that the top of my computer is hot to the touch (don't know 
the 
> >temp.). Taking the cover off, I'm noticing that the heat is generated 
from 
> >the 2 CD drives or just one of them. I can't really tell which. I also 
> >don't "see" a cooling fan in this computer. I know what they look like, 
and 
> >would think I would have one, but I don't think so. 
> > 
> >Any suggestions? With cover off, there is still heat coming from CD 
drives. 

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