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- From: boinger@myamy.hacktic.nl (Paul Kolenbrander)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: The "cool" fan debate
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- Date: 20 Dec 92 19:32:49 MET
- References: <1992Dec10.144918.22072@zds-oem.zds.com> <trat.0kmk@amiganet.chi.il.us> <1992Dec19.101213.1@oread.cc.ukans.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec19.101213.1@oread.cc.ukans.edu> dseaman@oread.cc.ukans.edu writes:
- >
- > It is best to create a positive pressure enclosure. Thus, have the fan
- > pulling air in, no blowing it out. That way you can put a filter on
- > the fan which will keep the inside of the computer cleaner. Having the
- > fan blowing air out makes it pull in air from mainly the floppy
- > drive(s). This can cause dust build-up on the heads and mechanisms.
-
- Yep. but that won't help if you have heat building up inside and thus
- making some very valuable (like the 68040) component blow it's top.
- Which is what happened to my 'sucking' A4000 last week. :-( She's back
- now and now has become a cool 'blowing' babe. In my experience it is
- better to have a dirty cool Amiga than a clean hot one...
-
- CYa, Paul
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