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Thar she blows captain.
Methinks they’d just be better taking the side(s) off the case…
Best use of a Dictionary EVAR!
Apparently you’ve never checked one out, it’s spelled “EVER”
Gotta be a joke. Even if pulling the start cord didn’t rip the leaf-blower side off the case, the output of the running blower would blow the opposite side off.
In all, this kludge blows!
Actually I had a computer that would only keep working if I used a 20″ box fan to keep it cool. Eventually, that was not enough either. Maybe this setup would have kept the processor from overheating…
If the side didn’t come off, the case would inflate and become round.. I remember those cases, ventilation was not in the original design!
Don’t forget to put a bucket of ice by the blower intake!
It looked good at first glance, but I have to call Shenanigans! (Rigged Photo, not a true Fixed…)
Running a gasoline engine power blower inside a house belongs in the “Darwin Award” blog. The dictionary is blocking the air intake. The vibrations will make the whole thing fall over in seconds – no duct tape or baling wire is in sight.
And the garden blower is too clean, almost pristine – oil, gasoline, and getting bounced around, they get mussed up in use…
It’s almost as if someone got hold the local Sears store’s old Display Model (just an empty case with no motor) when they changed over to this year’s models. And then wondered what to do with it.
If they only make one for laptops.
Or they could just, you know, buy a replacement computer fan at most stores for five dollars.
I have to agree with Bruce, above. Additionally, it is my understanding that gas powered leaf blowers tend to pump out HOT air due to the heat of the engine. A high-powered jet of hot air probably isn’t the best thing for a computer.
It’s blowing the definition of cooling into the computer.
I had an athlon xp that had needed one of this cooler fans.
Maybe its not for cooling the computer, maybe its a super-high-tech-next-gen-garden-blower… i totally need one!
Funny picture anyway!
Cute, but hardly a fix, I agree.
That leaf blower looks newer than the computer it’s “cooling.” Points also for stacking the blower on top of a bucket and dictionary.
Funny picture even if it isn’t real.
some of the Intel Pentium 4 rigs really could have used this. They called em “Preshott” for a reason!
Maybe he just wants all the dust out of it.
Apart from the leaf-blower’s intake being blocked, this might not be a bad way to do some temporary over-clocking
. Next iteration: gas-powered evaporator/condenser.
@Hassefar
Comment win!
Maybe he was confused about what was meant by “printing in landscape”.
Must be a hard core gammer to need to keep the computer that cool!
I like the double kludge.
1) Leaf blower to cool the computer.
2) Bucket and book to hold it up.
I have to agree with the call of shenanigans.
If you want to really cool your CPU, use an electric leaf blower. Don’t blow into the unit. Hook it up so that the air-intake is over the hole. That’ll pull the hot air out.
Duct tape should have been used.
So assuming this is real. I wonder what this guy has rigged up to vent the exhaust from the 2 stroke engine out of his house? I imagine placing one of those inflatable jump castle air-pumps in the window would work. If the windowsill is not thick enough to support it, break out the world books!
If this is real, he may be doing exactly that. This leaf blower, like most of them these days, can suck as well as blow, as the configuration hints (anytime you see a big rubber or plastic ring on the bottom, that’s where you can attach a collection bag).
Guess you can’t expect much when ya find a computer and a leaf blower in the dumpster.
Yum, carbon monoxidey goodness.
Yeah! and 2-stroke exhaust fumes that’ll leave you out of the blue… Literally.
Maybe the leaf blower isn’t even on and it’s the dictionary that sucks.
Allllright! Tonight we game at maximum frame rates. Someone fire up the leaf blower. This baby’s gonna burn!
@Derelict
You are making the huge assumption that the leaf blower works to spec. Opening that case might reveal even worse fixes that bring the power down to usable levels.
overclocking has gotten out of hands lately
Just getting some leaves off his Windows. They fall from the binary trees this time of year.
I had that same case for a system I built in 2002. The case has terrible ventilation. I would have to open the case and put a room fan on the side to keep the thing from overheating!
1] Blower is allegedly blowing in by looking at the case design.
2] Yes, intake appears blocked….obvious FAIL.
3] Leaf blowers don’t blow hot air.
4] @BillsBayou: Better to use a vacuum-cleaner motor though.
5] @ Bruce: Darwin Award indeed, this is a staged pic. Don’t forget the ignition noise would interfere with the motherboard as well.
I don’t know what the smaller little silver gizmo on top of the PC case is, but looking at the router/switch box attached (with Gaffatape we pray!) to the wall behind it this is part of a bigger network – there’s 5 network cables going into that bad boy at least.
Begs the questions – is this one of many in a long line of petrol cooled PC’s in this office, and if so why the hell can’t the I.T. department at my work get Outlook to open me an email in less than 30 seconds? Cretins
Turn it on and blow your PC away.
And I thought my old PC would look crappy (old Siemens Xpert PC from 1998, the front side looks a little bit scary but it still runs reliable…)
btw this Computer above should be fixed the other way round:
1. Get an old transformer which fits with the output voltage
2. Cut a hole fitting to the cooler fan into the PC case
3. Connect and fix the wires the redneck way (dont use “electro clamps” but therefore lotsa ducttape)
4. Hope that you or your computer won’t get electrocuted!
The blower has it’s intake blocked by the dictonary. I notice an off white color scheme here. Is this a prototype MAC desktop? It’s definitely got ‘were different’ theme going. How many megaflops per gallon do suppose it gets? Would this qualify for the ‘cash for clunkers’ program. Maybe this is the final version of the ‘TI30 on steriods’ research program. Happy hump day.
When this device is used in reverse it can suck out all of your emails Blogo Chicago, Spitzer NY. Drug cartels in Mexico…what a huge fortune could be made off this device. Fedex overite!
The dictionary is there is answer the most pressing question, “What’s the meaning of all this?”
Pfft. Who uses a 3.5″ floppy anymore?
@Ken
dust buildup
isn’t the air that comes out of a leafblower HOT? I would think this’d be a REALLY bad idea.
Maybe it’s a new invention completely different to what we’re thinking?
A built in (almost) hoover to clean underneath your computer case!
Just if he had room for components too…
Or maybe it’s a computerized leaf blower.
At first I thought it was a powerful spell checker of some kind.
I had a computer that ran hot like that. I think if you need a leaf-blower to keep it cool though, there has to be something seriously wrong. Considering the amount of electricity you would need to keep it cool, it’s probably cheaper to get a new system. Not to mention the fact that you could only use the computer when wearing a good paid of headphones – or if stone deaf!
My laptop runs that hot, it burned my friend. I think the heat sink is cracked. I actually see this happening.
I had that dictionary growing up! Torn binding and everything!
Is that a Cray IV?
I think it would have been funnier to mount a window-unit air conditioner on the side, complete with drip pan.
Almost as badass as liquid Nitrogen coolin’(It exists, srsly)
That leaf-blower has a pull-cord. So it’s gas-powered. That makes this even more wondrous.
now whats gona keep the blower cool ?
it’s the same case that Falcon used on their computers for a while.. I can’t see the logos though..
I have that same dictionary at home.
What it takes to run Crysis at 30 FPS
Puts my 6 fans too shame
Bah. I just pack ice around mine.
Hmm.. maybe that’s why it keeps shorting out.
Whole new meaning to ‘fire up the ‘puter’.
It’s funny. They actually OWN a dictionary!
dicttionaries r kewl. if mi cpu wasnt ovarheating, i culd use spelcheck….
This setup kills two birds with one stone: The 250 mph wind tunnel will kill the computer by ripping of all components and cables from the MOBO and the creator of this setup gets killed by carbon monoxide poisoning within minutes.