[G4] Re: G4 Digest, Vol 38, Issue 29

[Charles Williams]

I had just lit up a stick of Nag Champa, so I thought that I'd investigate...

It appears that air is drawn in by the fan nearest the USB/FW ports, 
and also drawn in by the a fan  in behind the circular PS grille; the 
oblong main-fan grille blows it all out.

I reckon that you'd get better flow (w/o) affecting safety by cutting 
away the plastic grilles on the PS and 'exhaust' outlets. With a bit 
of care towards a friction fit, you could then attach a piece of pipe 
to the circular inlet to 'scoop' air from your aircon. unit. (instead 
of sucking the hot air from the exhaust fan).

Regards,

Charles

>Where does the Quicksilver 2002 bring air INTO the case? I read about
>dust filters clogging in someone's mac on this list, so I thought
>while I had the Mac open this time (I was installing an extra fan in
>a PCI slot to help with cooling issues) I'd check that. I couldn't
>find any grill that didn't have a fan in it (one for the power
>supply, the main cooling fan, and one for a fan that cools the CPU
>[not to be confused with the fan ON my upgraded CPU]). This bothers
>me a bit. This mac is always super clean inside, and ever other mac
>I've ever cracked open (beige G3 desktop, Quadra 650, LC II, Mac
>Plus) has revealed dust-bunny heaven. I don't want that, of course,
>but I do want to be sure air is being circulated properly. It would
>also be helpful to know how to position the mac to get maximum
>benefit from the AC (window unit) without maximum dust.
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