Hardware Issues?

[Henry Spencer]

On Wed, 6 Jul 2005, Keith Conception wrote:
> Does your cpu have a fan on the heatsink? If so then removing the side 
> shouldn't make a difference. Just make sure the fan is running properly.

Generally speaking, taking the side off might(*) hurt cooling for anything
that *doesn't* have its own fan, but will make no difference (and might
help slightly) for something that does have its own. 

(* I say "might" because internal airflow in PCs is generally so poor that
most cards/drives can't assume they'll get any useful airflow anyway. )

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry-lqW1N6Cllo0sV2N9l4h3zg at public.gmane.org

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