Christopher J. Bottaro wrote: > Whoa, no kidding. Running a modern day processor without a fan (even for a > few minutes) is asking for trouble, IMO. For what it's worth, I have a new Athlon 64 system. The 3200+ processor is on 90nm technology and is rated for 2 GHz. I have Cool'n'Quiet enabled, which drops the speed to 1 GHz and drops the voltage when the CPU load is low enough to justify this. And I have a motherboard that measures processor temperature, and will cut fan speed if the processor is cool enough. I've come home several times during the cold snap and noticed the CPU fan motionless and the heatsink stone-cold (and the room's not particularly cold). A quick dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/null gets it going again. James. -- E-mail address: james | "Face" on Mars proves to be optical illusion -- @westexe.demon.co.uk | NASA now investigating "vase" on Mars.
