[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...
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Kurt
kurt at k-huhn.com
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