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From: tilley@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Richard Tilley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: More common next questions.
Message-ID: <1991May22.062559.16193@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
Date: 22 May 91 06:25:59 GMT
References: <1991May21.215332.287@riacs.edu> <1991May21.234454.20529@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
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In <1991May21.234454.20529@agate.berkeley.edu> izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) writes:

>In article <1991May21.215332.287@riacs.edu>
>  woo@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Alex Woo RAA) writes:
[...]
> 
>> 4.  After switching the direction of the fan and placing the OD
>> filter in the box, my optical disk now regularly spins down after
>> activity.  In the FAQ, this is supposed to be due to heating.
>> Are the old fans up to snuff? 

>This worries me a bit.  I heard somewhere that the laser diode
>will last longer if you keep it cool.  Are we risking shortened
>lives for the diode by reversing the fan?

>I haven't seen any ill effects of reversing the fan so far, but
>am I likely to get trouble if I install NextDimension in the
>old cube with the reversed fan?

I put a thermometer in the mouth of my empty OD drive and got 120F.
I have the new sucking fan and an extra filter on the fan.
 
What is the safe temperature limit?
Do you know how hot *your* cube is?
 
... Richard <tilley@ccu.umanitoba.ca>