One of two things needs to happen.

[gridlore]

We either need a new computer with massive heat sinks and a fan that would feel at home on the Altamont Pass, or we need to move to a place that was built sometime after the end of WWII and incorporates such modern concepts as insulation.

It's bloody 2100 hours, and the main computer is still giving me the overheat alarm after ten minutes of use. Mr. Bigglesworth is a fine machine, no doubt, but the computer is our sole remaining CD player. I can't listen to, let alone review, the new Priest when the computer keeps crapping out!!!

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[fr-john.livejournal.com]

I suspect that they not only don't have insulation, they don't have air conditioning. If the room-temperature air going into the case is over 100 degrees and the heat-sink and fan in the computer are old/inadequate, you may have very high in-case temperatures that can cause the cpu to go wonky.

[notthebuddha.livejournal.com]

wow!

In a situation like that (garages, sidewalk sales), I've had good results with a household comfort fan blowing in the open side of the case.