On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 14:18:49 -0600, "Ken Bessler"
wrote:



I've already buttoned up the all metal case with grounded side covers.
I even made sure (with a DVM) they were grounded. (The ends of the
mini tower are metal with the front having a plastic facia on top of the
metal case front).

No help. The only thing that helped was taking both covers off and
blowing air through the chassis. I monitor 3 temps - CPU, Motherboard
and power supply exhaust air. Before the box fan, I was running CPU
at 129-140, Motherboard at 100-118 and power supply exhaust at
room temp +16 degrees (F).

Now I've got CPU at 113, MB at 93 and exhaust at room + 8 deg.

I was planning on buying a can of air and further investigating this but
I feel I've solved it with the box fan. The interference is gone and my
PC is cooler.

Thanks for the ideas!

Ken,
Do you mean box fan as in a small fan installed in the pc enclosure or
are you using a big ol honkin room fan directed at your enclosure? If
you are using an AMD processor they do tend to run hotter than Intel;
I installed a second fan in my enclosure and it does keep the
temperature lower. Just something you may wish to consider - takes
less space and keeps your processor happy.

73,
Howard