Re: Cooling a HP desktop

On 2026-06-06 17:38, sticks wrote:
> On 6/4/2026 12:26 PM, Paul wrote:
>> On Thu, 6/4/2026 10:23 AM, sticks wrote:


>> In fact, the other day, I had to make myself a drawing
>> of how the fans are wired in the machine across from me,
>> as every time it does something annoying, I can't remember
>> which wire or function controls it. Now I have the drawing
>> to look at, before I walk over there. The computer case
>> comes with a "fan manifold" PCB, the CPU fan header goes
>> into the board, and six headers come out of the board.
>> And then you have to remember which fans are running off
>> CPU-sensitive control and which fans run off a separate
>> header. And the drawing helps with that. If I re-do the fans,
>> then the drawing will get updated.
> 
> It really is a little sad that they've made it this difficult to control 
> the temperature of your systems.  I'm sure I'm not the only one who has 
> a box in an area without summer climate control where it is gonna get 
> hot and humid.  For now, the combination of FanControl and Mouse Jiggler 
> is working nicely and I'm going to leave it alone and continue monitoring.

The only way to run computers in a humid place for a  long time, is to 
seal the computers or use AC.

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Cheers, Carlos.
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