On Sun, 18 May 2008 08:59:44 -0500, "Matt J. McCullar" <mccullar@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>All vector monitors NEED fans, whether they were born with one or not.
Go
>ahead and install one. Even better, install two. If you really want to
>show the world, just leave the back door open and set up a box fan. :)
>
>Double-check the insulators beneath those chassis-mount transistors and
see
>if the heat-sink grease hasn't dried up.
>
I both agree, and disagree, with the statement that they all "need" fans.
My
current Tempest came from a guy that has owned it for many years, has
never done
a single bit of work to it, and played it constantly. His habit was to
turn it
on and leave it on all day, too. When I showed up to check out the game,
it was
BURNING hot! But still working fine. It was when the weather was still
cool
here, and I noticed as I wheeled the game out to my truck that the entire
cabinet was hot!
While it's true there's obviously something heat-related going on with the
original poster's game, it's not because all vector monitors "need" a fan.
Richard
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