Case mod
by brian @ 17:05:57 - [perma-link]To make a short story long.... Yesterday I put a new power supply in my raid box. The old one was
slightly underpowered for the number of devices inside. The new one has
a different fan configuration, so while the old PS fan could draw the
hot air off the processor, the new one pulled in a different direction,
leaving the CPU to bake in the case. It would heat up and set off the
alarm at 50C whenever the CPU was really working. Today I added a 120mm fan to the top of the box, directly over the
450Mhz Pentium 2. I cut a hole with my plasma cutter, which is pretty
rad. This was the first time I'd used one. It cuts through sheet-metal
like butter. I traced the circle around a toy wheel that was about the
right size, popped it out and filed the edges. I installed the fan and things are running much cooler. It even dropped
a degree since I put the cover back on!
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