Oh, yeah, use a wood outer case. You could stain it and make it look "Real Pretty", and certainly very custom for the living room. Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jared Burns" <jared-linux at mn.rr.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 8:05 AM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Static electricity (and an offer to buy) > You machine will emit RF (radio frequency) radiation at the frequency of your > machine's clock frequency (100kHz, 133kHz, etc.). > > Make sure you have the components inclosed in a Faraday cage or you and your > neighbors will have a hard time picking up radio signals (at least around the > frequency of your clock) while your machine is running. :) > > - Jared > > On Sunday 13 January 2002 02:53 pm, you wrote: > > I'm looking at building my own PC, but in a literal sense, > > including making a case (why not? to answer your obvious > > question. Actually so that I don't have to have an obvious > > computer case if I want it in the living room.) One option > > is to house it in a plastic storage tub, but it suddenly > > occured to me that ths may be a static electricity problem > > waiting to happen. Any thoughts from the engineering types? > > > > As part of building the box, if anyone has a Socket A chip > > of any speed they want to get rid of (i.e. if you're > > upgrading) I'm in the market. > > > > Cheers, Paul > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, > > Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >