Hi Jill,
Jill Rowling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> You really need to keep the fan going on a PC; without it you can cook
> things.
ok, so is that permanently cook things?
so far, in this machine, I must have have replaced the
CPU fan at least 2-3 times (not buying the real el-cheapo
ones either).
> This applies to any PC irrespective of what operating system it's running
> on.
> On more modern ones, sometimes the BIOS detects the temperature on the mobo
> / CPU and will not allow boot it the temperature is over a certain amount
> (whatever that is, varies from machine to machine).
yeah seen that, not much use if it only prevents booting
though. Anyway mine is the next case...
> On the older ones, the video often karks it first. It puts out maybe 7W of
> heat and is not necessarily in the path of the fan.
sounds like mine. The only fans are the CPU fan and the one
inside the power supply.
[cut interesting disk stuff, can't say I've really thought
about that before]
Dave.
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