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Forced-air cooling could potentially lead to increased dust and dirt 
gathering in the internal components since air s forcibly sucked in. 
The amount of dust does depend on where the unit is installed - and 
this does shorten tube life.

Adrian Teo
Function7 Engineering


On Sep 8, 2006, at 9:39 PM, MM wrote:

> A little air circulation can’t hurt.
>
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com [mailto:gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com] On 
> Behalf Of saber540ltd
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 9:01 PM
> To: gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [gsp-2101] Re: Cooling my 2101
>
>  
>
> To be quite honest, you're treating the symptom instead of the
>  disease. You shouldn't need a fan. I would have replaced the voltage
>  regulator(s) first. They're very common and easy to find in any
>  electronics supply store.
>
>  --- In gsp-2101@yahoogroups.com, "james roberson" <blakhaus@...>
>  wrote:
>  >
>  > Hi everyone, I am new here and just wanted to tell you guys about
>  my upgrade
>  > to my 94 2101. It has the latest firmware, 20mhz crystal and ppc-
>  210. I
>  > installed a 120mm fan in the lid over the power supply and let me
>  tell you
>  > WOW!! The heatsink is now out of a job. The fan has a dedicated
>  power supply
>  > outside of the 2101. I did this mod because my 2101 would lockup
>  after 30
>  > min or so, when I put my hand on the heatsink OUCH!! blazing hot;
>  now the
>  > heatsink does'nt even get warm. The best part is no more lockups!!
>  > AWESOME!!!
>  >
>  > Just a little
>  info for ya,
>  > James
>  >
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