[ale] OT: toasting a CPU

[James P. Kinney III]

Intel CPU's are nearly impossible to damage by heat. Earlier AMD would
be permanently damaged by heat. If it works after cooling down, no
problem.

On Wed, 2003-01-08 at 19:54, John Wells wrote:
> I installed a package called i8kutils today to get access to Dell keys on
> my laptop.  I knew it had a fan control utility packaged with it, but
> didn't realize that by installing the package it would disable my fans
> unless I specifically enabled them.  Shoulda RTFM'd a little further.
> 
> About an hour after booting, I checked the temp and it was 70 degrees
> celcius.  Pretty damn hot by any CPU's standards.
> 
> I've been searching for maximum temps for Intel P4-mobile, but haven't had
> any luck yet.  The system didn't shut down, and once I enabled the fans
> temp dropped down to 39 degrees celcuis.
> 
> I'm just wondering if this could have done any damage to the CPU.  I'm
> assuming that, since it's still working fine, I'm safe, but IANAEE.
> 
> Anyone out there who knows what effects this might have?
> 
> Thanks,
> John
> 
> 
> 
> 
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