Subj : Re: Overheating CPUs To : Barry Martin From : Ky Moffet Date : Tue Dec 29 2020 18:10:00 BARRY MARTIN wrote: > Hi Ky! > KM> Wait, it IS the weekend... where's the party? DON'T TELL MY > KM> PCS!!! > > Even they are doing it virtually! That's the real reason your Internet > connection is so slow: all the computers' Zoom, Skype, etc. Ha... first attempt at Zoom for the family Xmas (being a bit scattered around). My upstream is not up to it! And then a cousin called my mom so we had her "Facetime" secondhand by way of my mom's Zoom. One step up from tin cans and string. > KM> And sometimes become scarce and expensive, like LGA1366 > KM> heatsinks. > > Some people sink their money into gold, others heatsinks! Is THAT my problem.... > > KM> Mighta mentioned, someone lately gift me several nice 3rd gen. i5 > KM> and i7 laptops that were discarded by the school district... > I'd half-bet if they put the school logo sticker over the manufacturer's > processor one three-quarters of the students wouldn't have known they > were the older generation! ...'Course then there's the kids who know > how to get into the specifications. Oh, no, these were from admin and IT!! ....where sadly, I have reliable reports indicating they know even less. > > Not really: he has an older Ham license so AFAIK back then > > they had to know some electronics theory. I do know there are some > > liquid-cooled units out there -- friend in Nevada had one leak. > KM> Oy. Well, Nevada. If it don't cook, it gets corroded... > > Nah: that's Utah and the Great Salt Lake! Ha, no, the southwestern deserts are all extremely alkali, and the very dirt is corrosive. My yard down in the SoCal desert actually tested off the scale... person doing it thought the test unit was broken, but nope, it's actually that alkali. Dissolve dirt in morning dew and it eats everything it touches. > Yup: if can't cool one way cool it another. I'm thinking a big fan > could rotate slower and push the same amount of air as a small fan > rtating faster but with less air flow noise. Another factor might be Probably so, but first one must have the big fan, and a place to put it! > heat: pushing cool air into the PSU vs pulling hot air out of the PSU > might be better or the life of the fan. Sometimes when replacing neither > makes too much difference as long as the rest of the computer is now > running. Enermax PSUs for many years had both an intake and exhaust fan, which no doubt helps explain their longevity. I've only had one die, and it did 17 years service at my house and who knows how long before that (dated 1998, IIRC). > > Why am I thinking 'Karma Surta'?!! > KM> Wait, WHAT ARE THOSE PCs UP TO???!! > > Now where do you think those little 'portable' computers came from?! Ah. My basement is explained. > KM> Square peg, square hole? Check!! > > As long as it's approved by the manufacturer! Went out of business!! þ RNET 2.10U: ILink: Techware BBS þ Hollywood, Ca þ www.techware2k.com --- QScan/PCB v1.20a / 01-0462 * Origin: ILink: CFBBS | cfbbs.no-ip.com | 856-933-7096 (454:1/1) .