Re: TWGS frustration!

[Matthew Carlson <carlson@rahul.net>]

Dave Althoff (dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us) wrote:
: 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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Well, atleast one person who posted in this thread mentioned appletalk. 
If I am not mistaken the problems started when you loaded the pinter 
driver. Well, try taking it out and disabling appletalk. See what that 
does first before you implament a freon colling system for your IIGS.