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Just a word of warning...
I've had my SB51G six months, which been relatively trouble-free so far. Today, I noticed that the fan was kicking in and out of high speed mode, so I decided to investigate it a little further. When I went into the BIOS, I found out that the internal case and CPU temperature were almost 60 C (140 F)!
I powered down the system, opened up the case, and found that dust had totally clogged all the cooling fins on the ICE heat pipe, and that it wasn't doing much more than circulating hot air around the case. The video card fan didn't look all that great either, but at least it wasn't clogged up like the heat pipe. I blew out all of the dust with a can of compressed air, powered it back on, and now the system is once again running at a healthy 44 C (111 F)
In the future, I'm going to make sure to check my system every few months for dust buildup. Until Shuttle finds a way to fix this problem (filter, perhaps?) you might want to do the same.
I've had my SB51G six months, which been relatively trouble-free so far. Today, I noticed that the fan was kicking in and out of high speed mode, so I decided to investigate it a little further. When I went into the BIOS, I found out that the internal case and CPU temperature were almost 60 C (140 F)!
I powered down the system, opened up the case, and found that dust had totally clogged all the cooling fins on the ICE heat pipe, and that it wasn't doing much more than circulating hot air around the case. The video card fan didn't look all that great either, but at least it wasn't clogged up like the heat pipe. I blew out all of the dust with a can of compressed air, powered it back on, and now the system is once again running at a healthy 44 C (111 F)
In the future, I'm going to make sure to check my system every few months for dust buildup. Until Shuttle finds a way to fix this problem (filter, perhaps?) you might want to do the same.
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