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| Thread ID: 129143 | 2013-02-05 01:27:00 | The card/slots at the back the machine | Digby (677) | Press F1 |
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| 1326673 | 2013-02-05 01:27:00 | Hi Guys I have a desktop PC. I tend to be a bit lazy when I put cards in and out. Do you think it is important to put a metal tabs back in to cover the open holes. Does it affect the performance of the machine etc ? |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1326674 | 2013-02-05 01:40:00 | I cover them for aesthetic purposes but it makes no difference to the computer except closing another dust hole. | DeSade (984) | ||
| 1326675 | 2013-02-05 02:11:00 | It's more about the flow of air in the chassis for cooling than keeping dust out. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1326676 | 2013-02-05 02:24:00 | Man, always keep the metal tabs on, leaving them off means the capacitors leak charge into the surrounding metal. It can give you a nasty shock. In all honesty it's not going to do diddly squat other than keep dust/debris out in most consumer cases. Maybe in a high performance style case or one with a special air flow design it *might* cause circulation problems but I doubt it, having a card in there would mean that such a cooling design would be ineffective anyway so it's unlikely to hamper (or boost) performance... except for those caps man, they'll get ya one day ;) |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1326677 | 2013-02-05 02:45:00 | Everyone knows you have to keep the magic smoke in. If it escapes nothing works. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1326678 | 2013-02-05 03:11:00 | Good to put the covers back on if you want to keep rodents out as well. Had a computer in a mechanical repair workshop once and it stopped working one day, pulled it out and a mouse had made a nest in it - smelt pretty bad also with the amount of mouse poo and pee everywhere. Would have thought the hole was to small for a mouse, but the proof was all there. | Iantech (16386) | ||
| 1326679 | 2013-02-05 08:18:00 | Excellent point!! | linw (53) | ||
| 1326680 | 2013-02-05 11:34:00 | Good to put the covers back on if you want to keep rodents out as well. Had a computer in a mechanical repair workshop once and it stopped working one day, pulled it out and a mouse had made a nest in it - smelt pretty bad also with the amount of mouse poo and pee everywhere. Would have thought the hole was too small for a mouse, but the proof was all there. Have seen this myself, the mouse pee ate the tracks off the mobo and killed it. |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1326681 | 2013-02-05 18:01:00 | Did I mention cockroaches. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1326682 | 2013-02-07 01:49:00 | Put covers on or you'll probably bugger up the airflow, and get more dust in the process. | Agent_24 (57) | ||
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