Re: How long is too long to leave a II on?

[toddpw@frappe.ugcs.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)]

rogtha@delphi.com writes:

>I have two cooling fans hooked to both vents of my original II . . .
>After how many hours should I shut it off?

No idea. Drill a real ventilation hole in the side and put a fan on it,
and you won't have to worry about it overheating. That's what I did with
my old ][+ before I put it in a real metal tower case with proper filtered
vent holes (and the same fan).

>I know II's don't hold up as
>well to days/hours of use as PC's do . . . (no offense)

That's because PC's have fans built into their power supplies, since they'd
cook without them. An Apple with only a couple cards installed usually
survives okay without a fan, but as soon as you add a fair amount of
expansion hardware, the old ventilation grooves just don't cut it.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ ugcs.caltech.edu