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    My ventilation mod

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by -L1GHTGAM3R-, May 11, 2009.

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    I was bored today and i saw i had a few extra parts laying around so i decided to mod the ventilation on my gateway m 6862.......IT PAYED OFF. Took some time:3 hours of my life actually being put to good use.
    New temps are:
    GPU: -3c
    CPU: -5c
    ACPI:-2c
    Here are some pics:
     

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    i like your idea, i might do something similar to my hdd bay.
     
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    THX i was gonna put one in the hdd but i ran out of the metal grill piece so ill just wait besides my hdd runs cool as it is. HDD idles at 30c and max 38c :D
     
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