Stories
Lyman,
Even in a Boeing, if an equipment cooling fan quits, a message such as "AFT EQPMT FAN" is generated. The backup fan would immediately take over.
The electronics bay is not really like a boiler room on a Titanic type steamer, not so dramatically hot to flush the flightdeck with a heat wave.
The BEA report has exhausted all sorts of messages from the system, and the ONLY failure that occurred was a temporary loss of accurate pitot pressures.
Change of background noise - well, open or close one of your personal vent holes for instance (no pun intended, just the little blast ports for individual convenience).
The long walk of the captain up the aisle - I believe the Air France pilot rest area is immediately behind the cockpit, where the (passenger cabin) aisle has not yet started.