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To: andyk

Thanks for the welcome.

Off to a bit of a rock start, but I'm beating the issues.

The switch to the console client solves conflicts with my OpenGL applications. Now I just have to ventilate my cabinet to prevent heat buildup when the cabinet is closed and the machine is folding.

I have one of those computer cabinets with four doors; two above the desk and two below. When it's closed, the CPU is enclosed in a volume of space below the desktop that it is capable of heating to unacceptable levels. Left closed, on a normal day, it can cause the CPU to stop executing; forcing a reboot after amply ventilating the space.

I plan to open the back of the cabinet and install a quiet 6" fan -- perhaps two -- to force the heated air to exhaust behind the cabinet. This will pull cool air in around a 1" gap at the floor and keep the machine running at acceptable temperatures.


38 posted on 05/29/2006 12:26:56 PM PDT by HKMk23 (We keep you alive to serve this ship. Row well, and live.)
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To: HKMk23
I happen to appreciate your taste in handguns. :)

You're definitely right to be concerned about the heat build-up in an enclosed space like that. Until you get that option resolved, you can throttle your CPU usage down by going to the advanced tab of the FaH configuration. Whoops, I just remembered that you're using the console version now, so I assume that setting would be in a config file somewhere...
39 posted on 05/29/2006 12:52:13 PM PDT by andyk (Go Matt Kenseth!)
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