[SPARCbook] Q: Heat build-up in SPARCbook3 GX "left on 24x7"

[Hugo.van.der.Kooij at caiw.nl]

On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, Ian Spray wrote:

> 
> On 23-Oct-00 Ken Hansen wrote:
> > 
> > The laptop sits on a hardwood table, with the rear portion "propped up"
> > on those clever little "legs." I am starting to assemble my "lab," and as
> > such will be moving the machine to some wire shelving in my basement (a
> > relatively cool environment - I am thinking of placing a small 12 V. fan
> > or two (from an AT&T UnixPC) under the SPARCbook to improve air-flow, has
> > anyone else done such a thing?
> > 
> You might also like to try a small fan blowing into the PCMCIA sockets -
> that will try to get air moving around the CPU itself.  Blowing under the
> machine is a good alternative, as the CPU heatsink is thermally bonded to
> the middle of the bottom of the case.  Placing the unit on a wire mesh rack
> might also help (dunno the make, but similar to the stuff on ER), as the
> large gaps let air move, and keeping the base in contact with the metal
> allows the shelf to become a larger heatsink.

The heat resistance between the two pieces or metal (case and maeh rack)
is too big to help the heat dissipate.

Hugo

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