Re: TWGS frustration!

[gareth@vcn.bc.ca (Gareth Jones)]

Dave Althoff (dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
: Hmmm...Update--

: It is beginning to look like my TWGS problems were heat-related.  I
: couldn't imagine having heat trouble when I was running the machine with
: the lid off, but consider...

: a.  System started OK, then started to hang...required progressively less
: time to crash each time I booted up until it wouldn't boot anymore

: b.  After I let the system sit for a while, the thing went back to normal
: again...for a while, then started crashing.

: c.  At home, I have a System Saver IIgs which sits on top of the CPU, with
: nothing on top of it...and the system ran fine with the TWGS for nearly a
: week before I shut it down.

: Okay...any TWGS people out there who can tell me if I got it right?  Any
: suggestions for preventing future trouble?

: --Dave Althoff, ][.
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It sounds right. Those c cards _can_ replace a furnace in the average 
home ;-) Anyway, my solution was this: I supplement an Apple internal fan 
in my GS by placing two 4X4 blocks of wood on the IIgs: one along the 
front and one along the back. The monitor goes on top of them. The extra 
space between the computer and the monitor seems to improve the 
ventilation. It also raises the monitor to a more comforatbel height for me.

-Gareth