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computer cooling advice. Will this work??

Nov 5, 2004 6:22PM PST

Hi - I couldnt help noticing that my PC was blowing warm air out of the two little grilles on the back.

This was annoying me, as I am eco-conscious and hate wasting energy. So I blocked the grilles up with sticky tape, but the warm air started coming out of the various gaps in the casing instead. Coincidentally, it also slowed down around about this time too.

At the moment I have resorted to putting the main body of my PC in our fridge, and this has made it faster again, but the cables mean that the door wont close properly, and its is dripping water too.

Is there any reason why I couldnt water cool my PC, as they do with cars? I was thinking of putting a plastic bag inside the body with an inlet and outlet hose to run cool water through.

I'm a microsoft engineer so I should be able to follow any technical advice.

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Strange ....
Nov 5, 2004 8:52PM PST

That a microsoft engineer would not know about heat generated by electrical components, plus attempting to put a tower in the fridge......

THAT is not a dig .... Just wondering where you are trying to go with this post...

Bill
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Re: computer cooling advice. Will this work??
Nov 5, 2004 9:33PM PST

the reason its running slow after you blocked its over heating heats bad for computers remove from refrige and remove tape

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Please understand that 100% of the
Nov 5, 2004 10:21PM PST

electrical power consumed by a computer [or any other physical device] is converted to heat. In order to prevent the components in the system from getting too hot there are fans to get rid of the heat heat and bring cooler room ambient air in.

There are water cooling system available for use with computers. Many gamers and overclockers use them.

But, of course, this post must be a dig at Microsoft, so I'll say ROFLMAOOL.

Possibly you write some of their absurd dialog boxes.

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Re: computer cooling advice. Will this work??
Nov 6, 2004 12:09AM PST

Ha!Ha!Ha!Ha!
I don't believe what I'm reading! This has to be a joke!

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Re: computer cooling advice. Will this work??
Nov 6, 2004 6:27AM PST

I'm with you buddy............unbelieveable!!!!!!!