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Old February 11th 04, 03:46 AM
Hank
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"*Vanguard*" wrote in message
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"Muttly" said in :

The fans must provide airflow in the *same* direction through the power
supply. Think about it: if you put 2 fans against each other but they

were
blowing against each other (one blows at the other which blows back, or

they
both try to suck away from each other), you get very little airflow (and
instead just get turbulence) unless the airflow for one fan is much higher
than the other and can overpower it.

The fan on the backside of the power supply should be blowing outward

(i.e.,
from inside the power supply to the outside). The bottom fan should be
blowing into the power supply. That way the two fans are pulling or

blowing
air through the power supply in the same direction (disregarding the bend

of
the airflow from bottom to side).

From your description, is the bottom fan (which should be blowing upward

and
into the power supply) actually on the *outside* of the power supply? It

is
likely the power supply's case consume the standard volume as spec'ed for

an
ATX power supply. That means the bottom fan being on the outside of the
power supply is extending beyond the volume set aside for the power supply
and intruding into the volume that would be assume usable by the

motherboard
and any components sitting atop it.


SAY WHAT?? What you been smokin?
Muttly, mount the friggin PSU like its supposed to be with the fan pointed
down. It aint nuclear science like some would like to make you believe.

Hank