[mythtv-users] Re: PVR-250 is hot! hot! hot!

Andrew Close aclose at gmail.com
Fri Apr 22 22:26:46 UTC 2005


On 4/22/05, James L. Paul <james at mauibay.net> wrote:
<snip>
> > Does anyone here have their Myth box inside an armoire or A/V cabinet?  How do
> > you keep it from overheating?  That is my main problem, I think.  It sits in my
> > TV armoire and stews in its own juices, rather than being in the open air that
> > circulates at least a little.  I asked my wife if we could put it on top of the
> > armoire, but she said she'd rather deal with the noise of the fans on high.
> 
> Mine is in a glass-door TV stand under my 36" Trinitron. I cut the back
> of the stand away so that the case fans exhaust outside the stand.
> 
> > Anyways, I might try to post some pics of my system layout for recommendations
> > on cooling, but you'll all laugh at my horrible cable routing, so maybe not. :)

<snip>

> For now, I choose to stick with my 4U rack chassis crammed under my TV
> until I find something ideal.

hee hee.  maybe we should request a picture page on mythtv.info for
ppl to post picts of their setups. :)  i would love to see some of the
other setups out there. :D


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