[rescue] Apple Emac is Shit

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OK, I think I got it.

The thermo sensor is near the top of the box, so blowing downward provides
air to the sensor that hasn't been heated by the internals yet. Having a
sensor near the top of a convection cooled enclosure makes sense as that
would be the hottest place.

Never having seen the inside of a cube I wouldn't know, but you might find
there are airflow issues when blowing down. Its possible that Apple provided
venturi shapes/etc. to assist convection flow.

Of course I'm making massive assumptions here based on good design ideas.

~ -----Original Message-----
~ From: Bill Bradford [mailto:mrbill at mrbill.net]
~ Sent: Monday, August 12, 2002 10:03 AM
~ To: rescue at sunhelp.org
~ Subject: Re: [rescue] Apple Emac is Shit
~ 
~ 
~ On Mon, Aug 12, 2002 at 11:36:07AM +0000, Kris Kirby wrote:
~ > May I be a pedant for a moment and ask what method you used 
~ to measure
~ > the temperature inside the box? (It would be smart of Apple 
~ to have a
~ > thermo in the case, but I don't know if they'd do it. PCs 
~ do, but then
~ > again -- PCs suck.)
~ 
~ A program that reads the temp of the CPU die itself? 8-)
~ 
~ "ThermoInDock".
~ 
~ blowing upwards = 32-48C
~ 
~ blowing down = 20-28C
~ 
~ no fan = 48-52C
~ 
~ Bill
~ 
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