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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: dew1911 on July 07, 2006, 17:58:38

Title: Personal Thanks to Micromark
Post by: dew1911 on July 07, 2006, 17:58:38: Because if it wasn't for them my PC wouldn't be working...

(http://img287.imageshack.us/img287/8577/dew1911998880je.jpg)

Pcs, gotta love em, eh?
Title: Personal Thanks to Micromark
Post by: Evilgoat on July 07, 2006, 22:44:22: Something is NOT right if you have to do that! I would suggest not ussing it till you find out which fan/heatsink is clogged/not working.

Please dont tell me you leave it running at night too? :)
Title: Personal Thanks to Micromark
Post by: UDTrev on July 08, 2006, 08:45:22: Hmmmmmmmmmm

I have my own noisy solution to a warm pc :D :D :D

(http://www.wanderlustonline.com/DSCF0064.JPG)
(http://www.wanderlustonline.com/DSCF0065.JPG)

that's 3 extra fans on the side and two in the back (have an exhaust blower in the top ISA slot.

This machine works 24/7 for cancer research, the processor going at 100% so it NEEDS some extra cooling.

Trev
Title: Personal Thanks to Micromark
Post by: dew1911 on July 08, 2006, 14:43:04: Quote from: "Evilgoat"
Something is NOT right if you have to do that! I would suggest not ussing it till you find out which fan/heatsink is clogged/not working.

Please dont tell me you leave it running at night too? :)

Your right it, it isn't... I don't leave it running overnight, but all the fans are clear and working... I reckon Compaq just didn't fit enough. What you can't see is I actually have the case side off and its blowing straight onto the CPU.
Title: Personal Thanks to Micromark
Post by: UDTrev on July 08, 2006, 15:28:32: Could you not put an extra fan expelling air from the back ?

Most Pcs have vents at the back ready for a fan to be fitted - all you need is a screwdriver, it takes longer to open the case :)

Trev
Title: Personal Thanks to Micromark
Post by: dew1911 on July 08, 2006, 15:29:56: No it doesn't - And it's still under warrenty so I ain't spending money doing that...
Title: Personal Thanks to Micromark
Post by: tenpolequint on July 08, 2006, 22:13:18: I build my own pcs but I only have one side fan drawing air in and a rear one expelling air. Of course there is the powersupply fan and the cpu fan. Stays cool.
Title: Personal Thanks to Micromark
Post by: paul_humphreys on July 08, 2006, 22:22:15: Quote from: "tenpolequint"
I build my own pcs but I only have one side fan drawing air in and a rear one expelling air. Of course there is the powersupply fan and the cpu fan. Stays cool.

Thats the best way of cooling. The same amount of fans blowing out as in.

If the Compaq is still under warrenty give them a call as an over heating CPU is not good. But an over heating power supply will also cause it to reboot.

Paul
Title: Personal Thanks to Micromark
Post by: dew1911 on July 08, 2006, 22:25:16: It's got 1 and 1 CPU fan and that's it. The Warrenty is with PCWorld and all they seem to want to do is go through Heatsinks at ten a penny. I might just take an Angle grinder and make a couple of "Modifications" :twisted:
Title: Personal Thanks to Micromark
Post by: tenpolequint on July 08, 2006, 23:04:06: Try ebuyer.com for some extra fans.
Title: Personal Thanks to Micromark
Post by: jjsaul on July 08, 2006, 23:27:00: dew....if you want extra fans i've got loads...either buy one off me or get yer arse over to ebuyer.com and pick a couple up....about a quid each from memory.
my pc case has fans in the top and side drawing air in, and 2 on the back chucking it out.
other thing i did on the fans drawing air in was fit mesh filters - its amazing how much dust they collect..i just unscrew them and clean them periodically.