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05-10-2002, 09:05 AM
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Why an extra cooling fan in this junk?
I was replacing a power supply cooling fan in an old Tiger Direct-made PC that is about 4 years old (early PII days). I was surprised to see another cooling fan seated on the inside of the front area of the case/cover. It was seated on a larger black manifold that I did not attempt to take off and see what was inside, but what could be in there? I have never seen any such thing in any other PC.
Does anyone know why this old piece of junk would have this extra cooling fan - why provide additional cooling to a super powered 266 MHz machine (that's cpu - not FSB)?  Does Tiger think their machines perform at that level? Since this extra fan is getting old and making noise I was figuring on just disconnecting it rather than replacing it.
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05-10-2002, 09:19 AM
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Even PC's like that need cooling. The processor will still generate heat and without and cooling, it will overheat. Why even bother disconnecting it?
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05-10-2002, 09:21 AM
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Hi Daboo,
I agree, I've never seen a fan in such older system. Maybe someone was OCing it?? The manifold sound kinda kewl !! In my minds eye I see an air flow distribution system, directing cfm to where it is needed most. I've thought about building one just for the heck of it, but don't really need one (i'm staying around 40 - 43'C ) TwoRails |
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05-10-2002, 09:27 AM
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I have had newer PCs that run faster than this and they do not need extra cooling or a case-cooling fan. This PC came as such direct from the maker - my neighbor did nothing to it in the last 4 years so no overclocking or other tampering was ever attempted. The cpu has its own cooling fan and this is more than sufficient for this meager old chip.
PCs of this generation typically did not need or have this extra cooling. That's why I'm surprised, especially considering that this was a budget PC even in its day. Last edited by Daboo; 05-10-2002 at 09:32 AM. |
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05-10-2002, 09:29 AM
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Don't waste your time, TwoRails. I built one once, and posted pics. In fact, that is when I made my fan bitmap (that study of amount of fans, vs. heat) that I posted a couple of months ago.
In theory, it makes all of the sense in the world. But, it restricts things to much, I found. |
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05-10-2002, 09:55 AM
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Hi BFD Deadeye,
Thanks for the tip  -- Now I have more free time... Hmmm... What sould I do with it?? I know!! I'll go visit PC Mechanic  TwoRails |
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05-10-2002, 10:58 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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Hi Daboo,
Tiger Direct might have just been following the Intel Thermal specifications when they designed that system. Or the manifold was just part of the case they ordered.  Cricket
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05-11-2002, 05:03 PM
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We have used a front fan in all our builds since the 486 days on general principle. It's kind of a failsafe in case one of the other fans takes a dump and it's only $5.
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05-11-2002, 08:40 PM
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front fans are cheap ,help keep the computer cool,the cooler the better--even old units need flow through
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