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Old 07-26-2010, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by mgburg View Post
You're right about that...my own desktop (DT) at work runs a bit on the warm side, but I monitor the fan's airflow output (about 98° average) but occasionally, it will crash...I think more from a case of the "Billgate's Syndrome" than anything else. But when you consider the fact that a DT has a ton of open area inside that box compared to a Laptop (LT), you have a better idea why the LT would fail in comparable circumstances verses the DT.
Absolutely, sometimes the best/easiest thing you can do for a desktop is just take off the side panel. I run mine without the side panel all of the time, but to be fair I do a lot of tinkering.
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