486 dies terrible death

From: Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com>
Date: Wed Jun 2 18:40:29 2004

On Wed, 2004-06-02 at 11:47, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
> My voicemail PC died a pretty terrible death this morning. ...
> The power supply fan went bad on it a while ago (over a year, surely
> longer) and I never bothered replacing it

Umm, power supply fans aren't optional. If the top of the box is hot you
can be sure some hot components inside the box are 40 - 100 degrees
hotter, the top of the box is a low average temp of the junk inside!

If you're REALLY lazy, simply tape the replacement fan to the OUTSIDE of
the power supply, pumping air in the right direction. The dud fan will
be an obstruction, but 1/2 airflow beats none by a huge factor.

tomj
Received on Wed Jun 02 2004 - 18:40:29 BST