Modding Aspire Q-Pack

johntmanic · 26 Jun 2006 at 13:10

Hola people, ive taken the side windows out of my qpack case and im going to buy some mesh to put there instead!
My question is whats the best way of fixing the mesh to the case? other than blue tac and cellotape

cheers
john!

Nixeh · 26 Jun 2006 at 20:01

Metal glue of some kind should do the job.

Or spot welding

tim_enchanter · 26 Jun 2006 at 20:59

Why remove the windows?
It does no good for cooling unless you have no fans in your case.
When I was running mine I took the cover off and my temps went up by 10 degrees just because there was nothing to direct the airflow through.

WJA96 · 27 Jun 2006 at 07:30

Yes, I have to agree - the fan at the back and the 2 slots at the front form a kind of wind-tunnel that draws air over the CPU and the HDD in particular. If you don't have that then I think you will get issues with the HDD over the medium-term. There is just enough space to fit a 40mmx10mm fan in front of the HDD though to push air over them. I had to do this when I went water-cooled and the fans at the back were really only cooling the RAD.

You might also need a blower at the PCI slots depending on your graphics card configuration.