[vdr] Re: Hardware falures

[Christian Berger <einStein@donau.de>]

Stefaan Coddé schrieb:
> 
> I doubt that 35°C is too much for the tuner on a Rev1.3 board
> but if the outside coax plug reached that temp , then it sure get's hot
> inside
> the tuner meaning, higher then those 35°C.
> A fan can help but add's extra noise and there's a silent solution
> available.
> 
> Heat has always been a problem in a PC  but everyone seems to forget the
> basic
> behaviour of hot air.... it rises and hit's the top of the case.
> Now : this tip works only good on desktop cases and sure NO towers.

I wonder why my Pentium 90 needs a fan, but my IBook doesn't need one
and doesn't even get warm. :)

> Tower PC's : too bad, all cards are mounted horizontally which is VERY bad
> for heat dissipation.

Well it helps a bit to turn the case upside-down and install a fan on
one side.

> 
> btw : for those who are interested.  I'mm working on a water cooled ATX
> power supply but here too:
> there are still ventilation holes needed on top cause *every* component on a
> board generates heat.
> Some more then others.


Well my problem is how to get out the heat out of the 19 inch rack. I
currently have a 25 Watts Pabst fan installed getting the air directly
from outside.

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