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cdbrown:

You have 4 case fans in your machine - is that the cab machine or the pc case you are talking about?

Have you tested it with the pc outside of the cab?

Can you leave the machine off for a while to let it cool, then boot it up, go into the bios and see what the mobo is reading the temps as, leave this idle for a little while to see what's happening.

Make sure the 4 fans are doing what you expect them to do - 2 intakes, 2 exhausts.  I have seen a fan or two installed backwards before and it creates more problems due to the fans blowing against each other and drawing more power.

The layer of Arctic 5 should be very thin for optimum transfer of heat.

DreamWeb:

The fans are all in the PC case.

Two blowing in.  1 Blowing out the back.  And one blowing down from the top of the case on to the CPU itself (there's no hole in the top of the case...  so it's probably not doing a whole lot)

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cdbrown:

so it sounds like you are blowing all that hot air at the top of the case over the cpu fan and heatsink creating more problems.  Disconnect that fan and see how it goes.

Is there a way of moving that top fan to the back so it also exhausts?

Xiaou2:


 A little note about fan noise...

  Try using a blower type fan instead.   These are usually a lot quieter  and move a Lot of air very quickly.   Not the little bitty pc version... but an industrial one.

 You can find these in surplus places.  maybe on ebay too... (hmm, prices on ebay seem a bit high).   You might also try the junkyard. 

 Theres a few portable blowers for cheap out there... although, not sure how long the motors in them are made to last.   If anything, you might be able to rig another heavier duty motor to drive the assembly if it fails.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=20612&item=4373776740&rd=1


 The pc hard drive blowers are too small to move enough air for a cabinet. 

 Also,  remember that Pc case fans are usually only under 1" deep.  This means the fan blades are even smaller.   If you look at an arcade fan... they are almost 2"  in depth.   The larger blades move a Lot more air.    Pc fans are also not really cut out for the job of cooling an
entire arcade cab.   

 You can find the industrial fans in things like old high end printers.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=36324&item=7508028809&rd=1



 
   

Lilwolf:

CRAP!  did you look at those printer fans?  What are the edges for? make sure the finger comes off?

btw, I have one of those type of fans.  moves a HUGE amount of air... and I put my thumb in it one time and it did a HUGE amount of damage! 

MAKE SURE YOU GET A GRILL FOR WHATEVER ONE YOU GET once they are bigger then the pc fans!

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