[ale] Building a server for a harsh-ish environment

[Bill Sirinek]

>
> I do have a 1GHz t-bird that runs WAY too hot even with decent fans.  As
> I speak, it's sitting with its CPU at 118F and a system temp of 87F, and
> it only seems to crash on account of WinME and/or buggy apps (someday
> I'm gonna check its heatsink mounting).
>

Before I got a new mobo and cpu fan, my 1Ghz Athlon ran consistently at 
170-190F. This time I got a better fan and actually used the thermal glue so 
now it runs about 125F. No stability problems.

No I didnt overclock it. but my mobo slowly started to get flaky, not 
recognizing devices, etc.

Bill



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