<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 12:40 PM 10/10/1999 -0700, you wrote: > >just reading this months puter magazines and i notice that the latest chip > >is the Athlon 800mhz and it comes with it's own refigeration unit to keep > >the chip constantly at minus40degreesC. i wonder if putting my puter in > >the freezer compartment would solve all the problems i've been having with > >it lately.... > > > I have also thought about that but since some components generate heat, it > would be devilishly expensive, and there'd be condensation issues. Also, > you'd have trouble getting the cables out of the freezer without further > loss of cold and moisture introduction. [...] If you REALLY want to get into this (and one advantage of some of the older hardware is that such nonsense is NOT required), check out http://www.agaweb.com/coolcpu/ for watercooled systems in general, and http://www.kryotech.com/ for cooled prebuilt cases. There are also some electronic "active" cooling devices that go between the CPU and heatsink. Note that these options will NOT be inexpensive. If you're really concerned about cooling, sticking some sort of thermometer in your system as it runs (case closed etc.) may be revealing. ROUGHLY SPEAKING, if your case temp exceeds about 90 degrees F/32C then cooling may be worthwhile. I was a skeptic on this until my AMD K6-2 350 began flaking out as things warmed up here in Phoenix when the outside temp hits 115+F/46C. I don't like to run the AC, so let the house get fairly warm -- usually about 80F/25C. Sure enough, the warm days were the ones where the system would lock up and generally misbehave. I stuck in one of the "slot coolers" ($19US) and it dropped the case temp down a few degrees, which has been enough to keep it happy and far more stable. The little blue jobbie I got goes into an ISA or PCI slot and has two fans which can be extended and more-or-less directed at the hot spots (drives and CPU). Pretty simple, inexpensive, and a LOT safer than running coolant through the case! A simple test would be to remove the case for an extended period and see if the system stays stable for an extended period. If you're anywhere with reasonable temperatures most of the year, this should help identify most any temperature-related problems. >From some of the real hardware nuts on another list I'm on, I've learned that pushing air INTO the case and OUT the power supply works best and my experience seems to back this. Then you get the pleasure of another annoying fan noise! - Bob To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
