[geeks] Ahh, the smell of Athlon's burning up

Kurt Huhn kurt at k-huhn.com
Tue May 21 17:12:07 CDT 2002


Shawn Wallbridge wrote:
> 
> It's 23C outside, our air conditioner isn't working and almost all of our
> Dual Athlon workstations have crashed. Each has 4 additional 80mm fans, it
> still isn't enough to keep them cool. I touched the heatsink on one about
> 3-5mins after it crashed and it was uncomfortably hot.
> 

Jeez!  That sounds like a bad hardware decision!  Regardless of price
point or performance, if it crashes at 23C, it can't be hardware
designed for long life of reliable service...
-- 
Kurt
kurt at k-huhn.com



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