Hi Guys !
Over a couple of days I have silenced my computer, throwing the book at it and then some bucks. Fans, foam, the lot.
Then, just to make sure, I have been keeping an eye on the temperature on the CPU for a few days to see if it was OK. It was running cool at no more than 35 °C. Just excellent so far
Then it dawned on me : Why am I concerned about an (today) almost worthless PIII 650MHz, when I have some DSP's running that are a lot more expensive ?
Right, forward the temperature-probe and check :
It went straight to 52 °C !!!
The manual tells about the max operating temperature being 55°C ! My boards have allways been functioning close to flawless, but the lifetime may have been shortened by this.
I removed the PCI covers beneath both my boards, and the temp went down to 40°C.
Now I have begun to experiment with some extra fans blowing onto the boards, and the temp will not go beyond 32°C.
Since most of you may have similar problems, (see this link http://planetz.ghostwheel.com/forums/vi ... &forum=1&9 ) I think you better look into this in your setup.
I have an Aopen HX-08 cabinet, not exactly what you would call a shoddy box I guess.
The summerheat (on these shores at least) does not exactly help either !
Hope you save your little babies in time
Cheers
Stubbe
Keep them little babies cool !
Absolutely! Heat can cause all sorts of weird Pulsar error messages. In general, you shouldn't even operate a normal computer in ambient temperatures above 90°F.
A few solutions that are also relatively quiet, <a href=http://www.caseetc.com>Panaflo case fans</a> blowing across your DSP boards (best solution for horizontal computers), or for towers where heat instead rises to the top of the case, <a href=http://www.thecardcooler.com/shopcart/C ... .html>"The Card Cooler" </a>, which straps on directly above your PCI cards... You might want to even build your own "card cooler" using quieter Panaflo fans, I have no idea how loud the stock fans are that come on the cardcooler...
A few solutions that are also relatively quiet, <a href=http://www.caseetc.com>Panaflo case fans</a> blowing across your DSP boards (best solution for horizontal computers), or for towers where heat instead rises to the top of the case, <a href=http://www.thecardcooler.com/shopcart/C ... .html>"The Card Cooler" </a>, which straps on directly above your PCI cards... You might want to even build your own "card cooler" using quieter Panaflo fans, I have no idea how loud the stock fans are that come on the cardcooler...
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