Indeed. I *strongly* suggest you add additional bottom fans to get the output down to the 30C area. Heat is a very insidious enemy of electronics. If you are lucky, it makes something croak hard. But usually, it causes various intermittents and subtle degradations. The old pressurized-floors were a Royal PITA in many ways. But they also kept big old ugly boxi [Can you say VAX 785 + RA81's] cool enough to last and last. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz@nrk.com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433 ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request@bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <<A HREF="http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq">http://www.shore.net/~dreaming/ascend-faq</A>> or <<A HREF="ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt">ftp://ftp.shore.net/members/dreaming/ascend-faq.txt</A>> </PRE> <!--X-MsgBody-End--> <!--X-Follow-Ups--> <HR> <STRONG>Follow-Ups</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg00958.html">Re: (ASCEND) 56K - Power drain/heat/powersupply issues</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Jason Nealis <nealis@babylon.erols.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-Follow-Ups-End--> <!--X-References--> <STRONG>References</STRONG>: <UL> <LI><STRONG><A HREF="msg00956.html">Re: (ASCEND) 56K - Power drain/heat/powersupply issues</A></STRONG></LI> <UL> <LI><EM>From</EM>: Jason Nealis <nealis@babylon.erols.com></LI> </UL> </UL> <!--X-References-End--> <!--X-BotPNI--> <HR> <UL> <LI>Prev by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00958.html">Re: (ASCEND) 56K - Power drain/heat/powersupply issues</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by Date: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00956.html">Re: (ASCEND) 56K - Power drain/heat/powersupply issues</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Prev by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00956.html">Re: (ASCEND) 56K - Power drain/heat/powersupply issues</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Next by thread: <STRONG><A HREF="msg00958.html">Re: (ASCEND) 56K - Power drain/heat/powersupply issues</A></STRONG> </LI> <LI>Index(es): <UL> <LI><A HREF="maillist.html#00957"><STRONG>Main</STRONG></A></LI> <LI><A HREF="thrd23.html#00957"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI> </UL> </LI> </UL> <!--X-BotPNI-End--> <!--X-User-Footer--> <!--X-User-Footer-End--> </BODY> </HTML>