Scott in Baltimore wrote:

You might try doing what computer manufacturers do and look for heat
sinks
to put directly on the ceramic IC package. An easier idea would be to go
hit a PC component place for an appropriate sized cooling fan to install
with screws straight into the top of the heatsink fins (a-la CPU
heatsink) to force air into it.

Like in my picture, http://www.geocities.com/scott_unit_69/fans.JPG
where the air is being blown into the fins to draw heat out quickly.

Yes, that's what I'm talking about there.

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U-Know-Who wrote:


"Paul Johnson" wrote in message
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Steveo wrote:

Who's got the bootleg?

Why, when you can go legal for free?
http://debian.org/


Riiiiight! And spend all your time chasing drivers or equipment that WILL
work with Linux.

Or not. I can go into any store and pick out almost any hardware, plug it
in, and it Just Works(tm). No screwing around with chasing down drivers:
It either Just Works(tm), or rarely, Just Doesn't. I'm an NT
administrator: It's a pain in the ass to get hardware to work under
windows compared to Linux these days.

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Or not. I can go into any store and pick out almost any hardware, plug it
in, and it Just Works(tm). No screwing around with chasing down drivers:
It either Just Works(tm), or rarely, Just Doesn't. I'm an NT
administrator: It's a pain in the ass to get hardware to work under
windows compared to Linux these days.

NT is old stuff. 2000 works great and XP knows all the hardware.

"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
. ..
You've gotta' see this!!!

http://members.cox.net/wa6mhz/

Doood, you think he has a Cobra 29?

"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
. ..
Or not. I can go into any store and pick out almost any hardware, plug
it
in, and it Just Works(tm). No screwing around with chasing down drivers:
It either Just Works(tm), or rarely, Just Doesn't. I'm an NT
administrator: It's a pain in the ass to get hardware to work under
windows compared to Linux these days.

NT is old stuff. 2000 works great and XP knows all the hardware.

I wouldn't go that far, I have a 3 button Logitech trackball that I can't
use under XP. I also have an external DVD-RW that when connected kills my
CD-RW.

NT is old stuff. 2000 works great and XP knows all the hardware.

I wouldn't go that far, I have a 3 button Logitech trackball that I can't
use under XP. I also have an external DVD-RW that when connected kills my
CD-RW.

I've got boxes of old stuff and XP knew what it all was without
needing to find drivers. Of course XP Home ****ed me off when it
wanted to reactive after a week of testing hardware. Too many
changes for it's device hash to match anymore. I went back to
W2K. My XP Pro still thinks it has a valid SN, but home gets
changed with SP2.

"Paul Johnson" wrote in message
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Scott in Baltimore wrote:

You might try doing what computer manufacturers do and look for heat
sinks
to put directly on the ceramic IC package. An easier idea would be to
go
hit a PC component place for an appropriate sized cooling fan to install
with screws straight into the top of the heatsink fins (a-la CPU
heatsink) to force air into it.

Like in my picture, http://www.geocities.com/scott_unit_69/fans.JPG
where the air is being blown into the fins to draw heat out quickly.

Yes, that's what I'm talking about there.

--
Paul Johnson

That's what I want to do only using CPU fans, but I don't want them
protruding from the bottom. That's why I thought about insetting then into
the heatsink. I think I may be able to mount them with the CPU heatsink
directly to the pills, but I would need to do some measuring to make sure I
can mount them without shorting anything out.

That's what I want to do only using CPU fans, but I don't want them
protruding from the bottom. That's why I thought about insetting then into
the heatsink. I think I may be able to mount them with the CPU heatsink
directly to the pills, but I would need to do some measuring to make sure I
can mount them without shorting anything out.

There is a much better heat transfer from the metal base then
blowing air over the white cap. Just blow air INTO the fins.

Do you feel cooler sitting in front of a fan or behind it?

"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
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NT is old stuff. 2000 works great and XP knows all the hardware.

I wouldn't go that far, I have a 3 button Logitech trackball that I can't
use under XP. I also have an external DVD-RW that when connected kills my
CD-RW.

I've got boxes of old stuff and XP knew what it all was without
needing to find drivers. Of course XP Home ****ed me off when it
wanted to reactive after a week of testing hardware. Too many
changes for it's device hash to match anymore. I went back to
W2K. My XP Pro still thinks it has a valid SN, but home gets
changed with SP2.

My first attempt at installing SP2 resulted in disaster. This was made more
complicated as my wife uses this PC for collage. Needless to say, I had to
pull an all nighter getting it back to a usable state.

"Scott in Baltimore" wrote in message
...
That's what I want to do only using CPU fans, but I don't want them
protruding from the bottom. That's why I thought about insetting then
into the heatsink. I think I may be able to mount them with the CPU
heatsink directly to the pills, but I would need to do some measuring to
make sure I can mount them without shorting anything out.

There is a much better heat transfer from the metal base then
blowing air over the white cap. Just blow air INTO the fins.

Do you feel cooler sitting in front of a fan or behind it?

Very good point.