cooling problem???

[shee]

Last february I built a nice machine with a standard case, but with only two 120mm fans. It has a Tyan S2877 board with dual Opteron 940's. The CPUs have heavy copper heat sinks with fans. It ran great when the house was rarely warmer than 60 degrees, but started shutting down when the temperature rises. All things equal, I would like to be able to run this machine year round. What is the least hassle thing I can do that is sure to keep these processors running?

Suggestions would be most welcome! Thank you!

[roi]

The heat generated by your components just out-way the amount of fans trying to dissipate the heat.

In short...More fans are needed.


But a quick solution is to leave the side panel off and have a large room fan blow cold air into it (although this is last resort and not a health & safety certificate winner by any means).