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Had an older desktop that kept overheating, so I just chucked the case, hung it on some wire shelving and it works like a charm. The next step is to get an adaptor for the laptop screen so that the whole thing is self contained and will only have the power cord hanging off of it. This was just a trial run and I may find a better way to hang everything, other than zipties. Ont eh other hand, it’s a superior kludge this way, I just need to incorporate some duct tape…
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..i hear duct tape is a great insulator (amongst other practical things)..
That’s pretty awesome! I’m thinking about putting my slow PC on the treadmill to see if it will go any faster.
Or you know…you could just modify the case and add better cooling and airflow and maybe a different CPU fan than the default fan. Among other things you could probably do cheap to fix your over heating issue.
..dang Kyle!..i’m gonna have to sell my shares in Duct Tape Inc if you keep spewing this drivel-!..
Your motherboard is not being cooled in any way.
Your HDD also has no airflow to it, it is highly likely that it will crash.
You’re an idiot.
Get a PC chassis. If you don’t, say bye bye to your computer because it will probably overheat and die in like 2 hours of prime95.
..maybe wrapping the whole shebang in duct tape would help..?..
Here, here. But he’s not an idiot, just ignorant. Computers are cooled by air flow over components – not by being exposed to still air.
It’s “hear, hear” … now who’s being ignorant? *loopy grin*
..well, “hear, hear” might be the parliamentary-proceeding
terminology..but “here, here” is a legit attempt to return to
less didactic thought, methinks..
..as in: “here, here..let’s turn back to a point of reference”..
..”hear, hear” is all about “hear-ye, hear-ye” formalism..
..how’d i get off on this?..somebody “here, here” me soon-!..
Did you just make a moral observation of my corrective observation? Nice try, but I’m only letting you off this time because you used the word “didactic”. *winkity wink*
..lol..well, i was thinking it was more a democratic (and/or “don’t
sweat the small stuff”) observation..but i’ll stop now, while i’m
even (no need to be ahead, in my book)..
Now I know…thanks!
Hot air rises (although what’s keeping the US Capitol on the ground, I couldn’t guess). As the HDD warms up, air close to it will rise and carry off the heat (right to the LCD, which is not actually better, but at least it’s different).
But I would definitely swap out the OEM heat sink and fan for a copper-core heatsink and a larger fan. I built a custom case with a 10-inch fan on top (it was a horizontal desktop case) that sucked all the warm air out, plus an oversized fan on a copper CPU cooler. Worked like a charm. Never got over 38 degrees C.
Teh st00pid. It burns!
I love it when n00bs try to give out computer advice. Need to see more of that on failblog.
Time for the duct tape!!
..perfect use!..strap this spam up (tight!)..
as it has been said so let it be done.
I tried duct-taping all the components to the blades of a ceiling fan, but the power cord kept getting all tangled up.
My next attempt will involve the use of spray nozzles directing refrigerated aerosol mineral oil onto the components, once I work out the drainage issues.
why not just stick it in a big enuff freezer and be done with it?
Not complicated enough. No “oh wow” factor.
Is that a proton pack?
a) this is just a junk computer that i was playing with….
b) this room is typically kept at around 72 F…..
c) dangit,.. the lcd will get the heat from the HD…..
d) i used all my spare fans on other projects and the manufacturer didn’t provide either more mounting spot in the case or even a way to mount the fan to the heatsink….there was just a duct from the heatsink to the back of the case where the lone fan was….
e) it’s a much older computer and doesn’t seem to produce much heat….granted it’s not used for much at the moment…..
a bit of advice, make sure your wire frame is completely covered in an insulator, or you’re probably going to get a short circuit eventually.
source – life experience
The frame is insulated completely and i used the screws with insulators on the MB to keep it away from the frame and to keep it fairly stable.
…Why not just get an actual room or desktop fan and direct it to point at the whole mess? That would keep airflow going over the whole thing.
All I can tell about that is that it is probably an intel board, possibly socket 478, uses DDR RAM, and you sort of smushed the fan into the heatsink
Correct on all counts. The fan wasn’t attached to the heatsink originally. There was a duct between the heatsink and the back of the case where the fan was. I was going to modify the fan housing to attach to the heatsink and had just “smushed it” into a small gap next to the heatsink while trying to decide the best way to attach it. Turns out this actually cooled it better than the way it had been and it hasn’t overheated since I put it together.
so stupid. do you know why there is a metal cage around the electronic parts of the pc? maybe you will find out -_-
..uh, to keep the “savage components” from breaking out???..
Is it part of a “Master of Sparks” motif?