In this thread, i'm asking people to submit horrible/system destroying stories about case cooling.
my story:
i had just spent 3 hours making my rheostadt and i slapped it in my case. my fans (120mm radio shack fan, 120mm toyo fan. 2600/3000 rpm) where running ULTRA quiet and moving reasonable amounts of air. i descided to leave it on to see if it would work in the morning. i went to sleep. at about 3:00am i was awakened by the smell of somthing burning. i noticed that my rheostadt was melting the plastic faceplate, seconds later my # 2 rheo burst into flames (QUITE literally). after turning my comp off i realized my error. radio shack only had 3 watt rheos, i didnt think twice about it, now i need to rebuild my rheo...
