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To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (1620)	6/30/1998 5:08:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Respond to of 14778

Cooling Supplies.........Links computernerd.com tennmax.com 3dfxcool.com Cooling info thermalnet.com

To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (1620)	6/30/1998 5:23:00 PM
From: Bill Fischofer	Respond to of 14778

Re: Fans The best stuff is made by PC Power and Cooling. See pcpowercooling.com for their web site. They're the Rolls Royce of the industry.

To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (1620)	7/2/1998 8:26:00 PM
From: Zeuspaul	Respond to of 14778

System Monitoring Thought this might be of interest. I found it on Tom's site tomshardware.com >>From: the dr (DRWHOM) To:ALL 1 of 1 Posted: 5/30/98 10:58:00 PM For anyone interested in a very nice piece of system monitoring software that is free, you'l find it at the following link bcmcom.com This is the home site for BCM motherboards. The software entitled BCM system monitor only works with motherboards of fairly recent vintage that have the proper monitoring chips on the board. My system has an intel portland 440FX motherboard and completely supports this software. Anyone with at least that recent of a board should be okay. The program interface gives me a set of gauges that monitors all the different voltages, the cpu temp, the board temp, and the cpu cooling fan speed. I have configured to load automatically at start up and sit on the task bar monitoring the system parameters. The program is easy on resources using only .1% cpu when on taskbar and about 1.4% when opened. When on the taskbar the program will continuously monitor the above vital signs and set off a configurable alarm when presets are exceeded. give it a try if your board supports it the dr <<

To: Sean W. Smith who wrote (1620)	7/6/1998 7:35:00 PM
From: Spots	Respond to of 14778

>>Comments on Temperature Sensors, CPU Fans, etc.... I've had good luck with a cpu fan from, of all places, SIIG. After having a number of cpu fans fail, one taking the cpu with it, I got this (pentium) fan for $24 which plays a little electronic tune when its RPMs drop below a certain level. It runs from only the fan voltage, no attachments to fail, and self tests itself on every bootup because the fan is below the RPM threshold. I was skeptical, but it's made a believer out of me. You can test it with your finger when the case is open. They also make case fans with the same alarm. I think the temp sensor is a good idea too. I don't have experience with the temp sensors, though. With both I think your pretty safe, but I like the RPM sensor because you get a VERY early warning from the usual source of the problem, AND you can be pretty sure the self-test is accurate. I'm not willing to raise the temp to 130 degrees (or whatever) to test the tempurature sensor directly. Spots