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To: Dan Spangenberg who wrote (3305)	10/30/1998 5:25:00 PM
From: jw	Respond to of 14778

Dan, I appreciate your thoughts. I tend to go along with your ideas. Thanks, /jw

To: Dan Spangenberg who wrote (3305)	10/30/1998 7:29:00 PM
From: Spots	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14778

great solution for cooling....just leave the one side cover off. Now I'm probably going to get several messages telling me why this is a bad idea, safety concerns, someone touching and shorting out a chip etc. But I have done this for years with much success. To me it is not a big deal, right now I can think of 3 or 4 boxes I use on a daily basis, all without side covers. It also provides nice access when you change things out and test stuff as much as I do on a daily basis. Granted the boxes are always in an environment where I can control access, so I am not worried about the above issues. Well, I'm not much concerned about safety concerns either. Especially on your machines <GG>. But the truth is, you MAY cool better with the sides on. You will almost certainly cool better if your cases are in any restricted area. In my house, my wife guarantees ALL my PCs are restricted somehow <G>. To go you one better, I don't give a rat's butt if the FCC regs aren't enforced with the case off either. And if anybody gets electrocuted, they should have kept their dern fingers to themselves. It it's me, I promise not to complain afterwards. But with the case open the noise is higher and the space is messier; with it on the cooling is better IF the case cooling is designed well in the first place. And it's a lot more tranquil. Spots

To: Dan Spangenberg who wrote (3305)	10/30/1998 8:03:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

Now I'm probably going to get several messages telling me why this is a bad idea, safety concerns, someone touching and shorting out a chip etc. You mean nobody has complained about your PCs generating radio frequency interference. RFI.

To: Dan Spangenberg who wrote (3305)	10/30/1998 8:10:00 PM
From: Dave Bissett	Respond to of 14778

I'm with you on the aesthetics, so try this...there's a puter builder here who's had plexiglass sides designed for his cases to show off the guts of his work in the store. Why not do the same and drill/cut as many vents as you like....takes care of showing showing off insides to admirers or just gazing yourself(g), cooling and reduces noise too. I'm off for a weeks drive through the southwest, after a couple days in Vegas. Will miss the discussion and trust that much progress will be made on all fronts this week. Dave

To: Dan Spangenberg who wrote (3305)	10/31/1998 10:09:00 AM
From: pae	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14778

Dan, Spots, Ha! I've run for months, maybe years with covers off. Sure is nice and quiet when I finally vacuum out the guts and put the covers on! This morning I was telling my 2-year not to touch the metal parts because of HOT current. She can now identify a hard drive by sound - but she got scared after she knocked over two empty cases ... from the inside. <g> Yeah, I think noise AND DUST are the reasons to cover the 'puters. And probably small children. The dust and children require whole-house solutions - so my covers will go back on. By the new year anyway. <g> Paul P.S. A new future project joins the list: white noise reduction!