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A quick warning about zalman cpu coolers

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  • 25-09-2005 7:45pm
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    Closed Accounts Posts: 691 ✭✭✭


    Ive had a CNPS7700Cu on my rig for about a year and a half now. This is just to let you know that you should keep an eye on your temps and inspect the fin's of the cooler. I had prob's there recently and on inspection what I found what that the fin spaces directly behind the fan clog up with dust quite easily. This really drags it's cooling capacity down with mine ending up at a point where the machine was shutting down to protect the cpu.

    Worth giving a blast of air every now and again.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭Jammer


    Ajnag wrote:
    Ive had a CNPS7700Cu on my rig for about a year and a half now. This is just to let you know that you should keep an eye on your temps and inspect the fin's of the cooler. I had prob's there recently and on inspection what I found what that the fin spaces directly behind the fan clog up with dust quite easily. This really drags it's cooling capacity down with mine ending up at a point where the machine was shutting down to protect the cpu.

    Worth giving a blast of air every now and again.

    Same with any fan really! Never go without the ol' can of compressed air...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,240 ✭✭✭Endurance Man


    Dust on a fan :eek: :p


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 691 ✭✭✭Ajnag


    True, just that the design of the zalman is a little more suseptable to dust build up.


  • Registered Users Posts: 65,220 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Ajnag wrote:
    True, just that the design of the zalman is a little more suseptable to dust build up.

    Yeah, have that on my Zalman 7000 as well


  • Registered Users Posts: 6,630 ✭✭✭gline


    thanks for the heads up man. Must check my mates pc that i installed a zalman cooler on, he has his on 24/7 probably clods of dust on it at this stage :D


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