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intel845GRG Fan air to or air away
Name: JustinCS Date: May 15, 2005 at 01:39:41 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: Pentium 4
Comment:
Should the fan be sucking air from the chip or having the air go towards the chip?
Name: Richard59 Date: May 15, 2005 at 01:51:49 Pacific
Reply:
read this thread. http://computing.net/hardware/wwwboard/forum/34979.html
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to fish and his wife will never forgive you.
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Response Number 2
Name: OtheHill Date: May 15, 2005 at 08:43:15 Pacific
Reply:
If your case has an air duct from the outside to the HS then the fan should be blowing toward the HS. Otherwise this is debatable, as the above link will show.
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Response Number 3
Name: JustinCS Date: May 15, 2005 at 10:06:33 Pacific
Reply:
Would you know the default for the Gateway E-4000 by chance?
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Response Number 4
Name: ham30 Date: May 15, 2005 at 12:42:27 Pacific
Reply:
It's not worth worrying about MrOgrah. Either way will work fine. I suggest blowing air 'on' the chip.
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