I tidied my cables and......

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 1:26 pm

Having just installed a windowed side-panel I thought I'd better tidy my cabling up.

So, I put my 2 optical drives on the same IDE channel (making one IDE cable redundant), and at the same time removing my floppy drive (what's the point of them nowadays?). This means I'm 2 ribbon cables down and only have 2 more currently in my box. I routed the remaining cables so they were out of the way.

I was surprised to see I'd knocked off 3-4 degrees C during heavy load (SETI) just by making the cabling tidier. It not only runs cooler, but looks great too under the light of my blue LED fan.

FWIW, I've never had much luck with round cables, but with my ribbons out of the way, I'm very happy.

Post by **Derek** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 4:31 pm

Pictures?

Blueneko · Post by **Blueneko** » Fri Jan 03, 2003 10:33 pm

I dont know if my laptop has any cables in it for better cooling, it only feels like a... warm cup thats sat in the sun all afternoon.
p3700
128mb
15gig hd
presario 1700

yay ALL MINE!

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 10:41 am

Derek: My photographer friend is coming round soon.

Post by **Derek** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 12:42 pm

InactiveX wrote:Derek: My photographer friend is coming round soon.

Fancy that, your own private photographer... Can I borrow him for a few days?

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Sat Jan 04, 2003 1:34 pm

Hehehe, I need him (alright Sam?). I've always been jinxed with cameras. Maybe I was a taliban member in a previous life or something.

InactiveX · Post by **InactiveX** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 2:38 pm

http://www.bp6.com/board/viewtopic.php?p=6330#6330