[TenTec] Cool Orion

[jack]

i have had no heat problems with my Orion. i have the pwr set to 75 watts
tho.
jack ak7o

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Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:53 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Cool Orion


> I have been having a display problem also, screen flickers and gets dark
> also after the rig has been on for a while.  what I did that really helped
> was that I got a piece of aluminum the same size as the top of the orion.
> then I mounted 2 rad-shack 4 x 4 muffin fans and put some foam weather
> striping (5/8 X 1/2)  around the bottom edge. the whole assembly sits on
top
> of the orion and the foam does not leave any marks. the fans are 12v but I
> run them on a 6 volt wall wart,  the fans are quite and still move a lot
of
> air.  the fans are mounted side by side by the front of the orion just
above
> the display.  the fans suck air through the orion from the bottom and out
> the top.
> the problem seams to be that the main CPU is on a circuit board right
behind
> the display and is transferring heat to it. touching the CPU when the
orion
> has been on for a while the CPU is quite warm to the feel.  it really
needs
> a heat sink and spaced further away from the display  imho
> Ed K7WIA
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