Re: TWGS frustration!

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Zelix (zelix@winternet.com) wrote:
: RUBYWAND (rubywand@aol.com) wrote:
: :      The best approach is something like Kensington's System Saver IIgs
: : which pulls air into back and side vents and out the top.     

: I personally would reccomend staying away from the Kensington System
: Saver GS unless you don't mind a noisy fan.  I've forgotten the part
: number, but Radio Shack sells a much quieter fan that also moves a
: lot more air.

: Also, don't run your GS with the cover open for extended periods of
: time, since dust insulates very well, and having a layer of dust on
: your motherboard (Happy Mothers Day, mom!) or warm-running cards
: will definitely cause your computer to crash more often.

Well, what everyone seemed to overlook is that my monitor is nowhere near
my CPU.  The computer sits on a shelf in an open cabinet.  Inside the
computer is the Vulcan hard-drive with its fan, and a System Saver IIgs
sits on top.

When I took the computer to work, I left the System Saver at home, but I
had the lid off 'cause I was dealing with the TWGS trouble.  When I got
home, I put it all back together with the System Saver and everything, and
powered everything up...and posted the update suspecting that the problem
was thermal.  All seemed well.  But the next morning, the system started
crashing again.  For now, I am TWGS-less, but I think the solution might be
to find the hot spot on the TWGS card and add an 80n86-style CPU fan to the
card.  Any thoughts?

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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