Before I installed my Rounded cables and CDRW drive, my case tempature (as measured by the VIA monitor) on my KT7A-RAID / 1ghz Tbird was always 2 degrees cel above the ambient room temperature, and my CPU was 17 degrees above that. It was usually, room 21, mobo 23, cpu 40, at full load. I have 2 fans (one in and one out) on my Enlight 7237 and a Volcano II HSF. I had my ribbon disk and power cables tied up under, and stuffed into the space below my CDROM drive. Last weekend I installed a new Iomega CDRW (2 bays below my Creative CDROM) and did some creative cabling. I swapped out my ata100 ribbon cables for some round ones, swapped my floppy cable for a rounded one, and rounded the two ide cables for my cdrom drives. The cables are now hanging all over the place, as aopposed to being stuffed and tied. The reason they are hangin, is that the new CDRW is now installed in the place were the cables used to be.
Now, my temps are room 22, mobo 31, and cpu 30 at idle and 40 at load. Yes, you read it correctly, at idle, my cpu is cooler than the mobo. I've hallucinated before, and this is not one of those times.
This has got to be an airflow issue. Clearly, the CPU is being cooled. The Volcano II is pulling the heat off, and the rear fan is pushing it out the back of the case. I figure it's running hotter because cool air isn't getting to the cpu anymore, and it's hotter to begin with (there's now a CDRW heating up the place.)I also figure that the cool air isn't getting to the mobo thermothing....
Is my thinking correct here? Can the new drive be heating up the place that much? can cable obstruction (even rounded ones) make that big a difference? If this is the case, then all the maniacs swapping heatsinks to gain 2 silly degrees should consider just rearanging your cables.
This week, I'll try rearranging things... I used to really to love the fact that my case temp was essentially equal to the room temp. It meant I had enough cooling.
PLEASE COMMENT... the group's opinion is important to me.
Now, my temps are room 22, mobo 31, and cpu 30 at idle and 40 at load. Yes, you read it correctly, at idle, my cpu is cooler than the mobo. I've hallucinated before, and this is not one of those times.
This has got to be an airflow issue. Clearly, the CPU is being cooled. The Volcano II is pulling the heat off, and the rear fan is pushing it out the back of the case. I figure it's running hotter because cool air isn't getting to the cpu anymore, and it's hotter to begin with (there's now a CDRW heating up the place.)I also figure that the cool air isn't getting to the mobo thermothing....
Is my thinking correct here? Can the new drive be heating up the place that much? can cable obstruction (even rounded ones) make that big a difference? If this is the case, then all the maniacs swapping heatsinks to gain 2 silly degrees should consider just rearanging your cables.
This week, I'll try rearranging things... I used to really to love the fact that my case temp was essentially equal to the room temp. It meant I had enough cooling.
PLEASE COMMENT... the group's opinion is important to me.
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