How hot is too hot for an eMac

Hello
Today was very hot. It is now just after 6.00 pm and it is still 37 degrees celsius. Does an eMac (ATI Graphics) have a variable fan speed, it seems to be really blowing hard, or maybe it is just the sweat trickling down my face that is imagining it.
I know my iBook's fan revs up to a higher speed when it gets too hot.
What is the maximum recommended operating tempreture for my eMac.
I can't find it in the manual.
Thank you
regards roam

Hi, roam. You may just need to accept that your eMac's life is likely to be shorter than some others because of the adverse conditions it has to endure. If you do opt to buy a fan to help cool it, be sure to position the fan to blow air into the eMac's air intake vents, wherever they are, and NOT to blow air at the eMac's outlet vents, wherever those are.
I don't know whether it's dusty in your part of Oz, but you should be aware that dust inside the case dramatically impairs cooling, and that moving more air through the case will probably increase the rate of dust accumulation in there. I'm not familiar with eMac take-apart procedures, but if there's a way you can open things up periodically to blow the dust out, that would be a good idea.

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