Hi Marshall!

            As a budding Tech  I can tell you that
heat and electronics is sorta like pie with
filling...it just IS. It's about work being done,
useing electricity ...the by-product is heat. A cool
cases computer is an unplugged computer. Best of
Luck...Ted
--- Marshall Fortescue
<[log in to unmask]> 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.
> Would a cooling fan help?  Am I not seeing something
> much more wrong here?
>
> TIA...
> Marshall
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