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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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 Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:40 pm Post subject: Ondol and the computer |
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Something I'm wondering about now that I have a system that has the possibility of overheating is the ondol here. I keep my tower on the floor. It's got a giant heat sink on the CPU, as well as one on the card, but I'm curious about if I should put it on a box or something during the winter so the floor heat doesn't cause the system to overheat.
Any thoughts on this? |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Ondol and the computer |
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| Qinella wrote: |
Something I'm wondering about now that I have a system that has the possibility of overheating is the ondol here. I keep my tower on the floor. It's got a giant heat sink on the CPU, as well as one on the card, but I'm curious about if I should put it on a box or something during the winter so the floor heat doesn't cause the system to overheat.
Any thoughts on this? |
I put mine on a counter so it is NOT on the floor.
Barring that, even a short stack of books should be enough insulation or just make sure that there isn't a hot spot under the tower. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Ah ok, so it is a legitimate concern I should deal with, then? |
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eamo
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Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2006 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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| Qinella wrote: |
| Ah ok, so it is a legitimate concern I should deal with, then? |
If your PC is overheating then, yeah. You have a problem. My PC is on the floor too. The ondol seems to make it a couple of degrees warmer. But it's still within safe temperatures so I'm not worried. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:10 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah it's running at about 37 celsius now, so I reckon I've not got much to worry about. Thanks for the help dudes. |
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cubanlord
Joined: 08 Jul 2005
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 5:18 am Post subject: |
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| Qinella wrote: |
| Yeah it's running at about 37 celsius now, so I reckon I've not got much to worry about. Thanks for the help dudes. |
To avoid any potential problems, I would DEFINITELY remove it from the floor. I don't know how your floor heating is, but my floor in my apartment can get pretty warm. I have it sitting in a tower area in my desk. The temp. idles between 22 and 31 degrees celcius (the former when the door is open; latter when it is closed). Man how that cool air makes a difference on the pc. |
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SuperHero
Joined: 10 Dec 2003
Location: Superhero Hideout
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:04 am Post subject: |
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| I've got my pc on the floor but I've got two 3cm thick slabs of wood lifting it off the floor so there's no direct contact with the heat. |
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teachingld2004
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:29 pm Post subject: CPU on the floor |
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My floor got really hot last year, even when I did not have the floor heat on, and the tower got very hot. I put it on a small Korean table, and that worked just fine. It also gave me some extra table space to put the printer on. Now I have a slim tower, and it is on the desk.
You also can buy (or find) a short book shelf, and lay it on its side, and put the tower on that. I would take it off the floor. |
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