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From: "Brian J. Beesley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Older designs are more resistant to overheating because there is a
> lower probability of electrons released by excess temperature from
> making their way through to an adjoining circuit. The circuits are in
> much closer proximity with modern high-density designs.
Electron boil-over is only one aspect to mention in this problem. While
older designs are more resistant to that aspect of overheating, older
designs tend to have just as much of a problem to failure due to excessive
heat as newer ones. One needs to look at all aspects of damage due to
overheating.
> Voltage regs running hot are fine. They're not subject to data
> corruption caused by overheating. Either they work, or they cook
> themselves to death.
These aren't much to worry about, but that is a fine line that you are
walking here. They either work or cook themselves to death. The fact that
the processor is OC'd may be playing a part here, and there might be more of
a strain on these regulators than the motherboard designer planned for which
may cause a problem in the future, AND if they do fail they tend to take out
quite a few other components on your motherboard with them..INCLUDING your
processor. Their health is a very important aspect.
> These are more neccessary with newer designs, because their heat
> ouput per unit area is much greater than with old designs, and it's
> therefore more neccessary to conduct excess heat away from the chip
> efficiently.
The processor at issue here is a older design, BUT new enough to merit the
conductive grease or tape. ESP. when the processor is OC'd.
> If your system has been running for two years, still passes the
> Prime95/mprime self test & isn't either crashing frequently or
> producing error messages frequently when Prime95/mprime is running,
> it's not actually overheating. Don't worry about it. Start worrying
> if and only if you start seeing symptoms which could possibly be
> attributed to overheating.
Well this is one way of looking at it. Not to get harsh, but most people I
know prefer to keep things in good working order and PREVENT such
problems...not simply wait until they occur. Always better to be safe than
sorry... and when it comes to ones computer...the sorry bit can get to be
quite expensive.
Jeramy
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