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From: mha@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Hot monitor!  Yeouch!
Message-ID: <7675@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Date: 5 Apr 89 04:05:46 GMT
Reply-To: mha@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mark H. Anbinder)
Organization: Department of Media Services, Cornell University, Ithaca NY
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My Mac II stays nice and cool, thanks to its variable-speed fan.  My 
keyboard gets a bit warm from friction as my fingers fly over it, but
I'm not concerned about that.  :-)  What does bother me is that my
monitor gets very warm.  After a long session, the top is almost too
hot to touch.  Shouldn't this heat-generating component have a fan,
just like my computer?

If I wanted to mount an external fan on the thing (just like the
Kensington System Savers that mounted on the side of the Apple ][ or
in the handle of the old Macs), where would be a good place to put
it?  Would putting it on top be good?  And, which direction should it
blow?  Should it blow air in, or pull it out?

I'm not trying for a commercial product here, I just want to keep my
monitor cool.  It's an Apple 13" RGB, by the way.


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