I like Ian's suggestion and would follow it. I will add that my office
furniture supplier installs fans into the cabinets, mounted near the top on
the faux wood rear panels as exhaust, and they cut intake openings into the
bottom edges. If necessary, you can add a little duct work to the intakes
to make sure your getting complete air exchange, and not just a little air
turbulance along the back panel. Or, if the cabinet door is not tight, make
the back intake holes small enough so the fans pull some of the air through
the door frame. The fans they use are standard 12 volt pc case fans, with a
basic Radio Shack voltage adapter, in place of the pc power supply, to
convert house current.
Tom Turak
-----Original Message-----
From: Ian [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 3:52 AM
Al, why don't you download Motherboard Monitor and install it into your PC?
<skip>
Of course, a lot of later boards have their own thermal shutdown, which is a
great idea.
Re your 1Ghz Athlon, I think you'll find it's ok up to 90-100c, but I like
to err way on the conservative side.
Ian Porter
Computer Guys Inc.
----- Original Message -----
From: "A&C Thompson" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
>
> I purchased a new pc desk and it has an enclosed space for a tower-style
cpu. The cabinet door itself does not
> have any air intake openings. I'm a little concerned about heat build-up
within the space. I have cut out an
> opening in the cardboard backing, approx 18" x 8", but it still seems
pretty warm in there. Even with the
> cabinet door open, the temperature inside is still warmer than the room
temperature. I plan to put a
> thermometer in there so I can get an accurate reading, but in the
meantime, I was wondering what the general
> consensus is regarding overall heat tolerance for a unit and its
components in such a location.
>
> Pertinent info?
> Athlon 1 Ghz
> CD burner
> DVD drive
> Floppy drive
> 2 HDD's (60 & 40 GB)
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