Jeff Moden (3/25/2015)
Shifting gears a bit and speaking from experience way back when I was in PC support a million or so years ago... its a really bad idea to have any computer within two feet of the floor. There's a dust layer at about that height and computers below the 2ft level (especially if you have carpet on the floor) will need to be cleaned internally (or filters changed if you have them) a whole lot more frequently.
I didn't know that, Jeff, though I have experienced it. I once had to service a Wang Archiver workstation (mid/late '80s) that had failed fans, the thing was so hot that you couldn't touch it until it had cooled for half an hour. I took the case apart and could turn it upside down and shake out the cruft, apparently the fans had failed a long time ago and they didn't worry about it until it started smoking.
I'll bet it's especially bad here as we're next to White Sands National Park.
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