My Piece of the Inter(.)net » Heat Sync http://mypieceoftheinter.net A place for my geekish ramblings or whatever I find interesting. Fri, 25 Jun 2010 14:11:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 This is why you double check things http://mypieceoftheinter.net/archives/1958 http://mypieceoftheinter.net/archives/1958#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:49:44 +0000 David McGrath http://mypieceoftheinter.net/archives/1958 After months of blaming my i7 desktop computer’s tendency to overheat on it’s high performance and small size, I discover that… the CPU fan was on backwards.  fail.  It’s temps used to hover around 50°C, now they’re down to just below 40.  Recently, when transcoding a DVD with HandBrake, the temps got up to 80°C, but now with the fan reversed, and all of that dust removed, it rises to a reasonable 65°C.  Happy days!

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