[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
Gordon Henderson wrote:
However I did almost burn myself on removing the PSU - it was red hot!Now making me thing twice about leaving PC's on 24/7 - especially in an unoccupied house.... But where would you draw the line? All the phone charger PSUs we have, PSUs for ADSL modem/routers, Wi-Fi access points, (I did have one of those almost catch fire too - wish I'd kept it!)
That sounds like two separate but related issues.Ventilation. A cupboard under the stairs doesn't sound that well ventilated so hot air coming out of the back of the computer doesn't have anywhere to go, except build up and *theoretically* get sucked in the front eventually making matters worse.
The PSU rating. I always tend to over-engineer on this and use a good quality (the heavier the better) PSU rated higher than I think I'm going to need. That way I end up with a reliable good quality PSU running under capacity and therefore cooler.
Kind regards, Julian -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html