Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Kurdt: I wouldn't disturb the fan controller. >>> Kurdt: Ever seen an AMD without a fan? ;) >>> Leshrak: heh, yeah >>> Leshrak: actually. it's not a pretty smell >>> Kurdt: Especially when it's overclocked. It goes FZZZZT in under two >>> seconds. >>> >>> I think that's about right. >> >> One would think that in 2014, a device called a "thermostat" would shut >> down the power before expensive equipent goes up in a ball of smoke. > > That exchange actually happened back in 2005 (wow! ages ago now), but > same difference. However, I think there are very few thermostats that > can cut the power quickly enough for an overclocked chip that loses > its heat sink. MAYBE if the heat sink is still on and the fan isn't, > but not if the hs falls off. "Under two seconds" might become "the > blink of an eye".
If the heat sinks falls off, yes, that is really bad news... But if the fan fails the warm up shouldn't be that rapid. I thought we were taking about fan failure, not detached heat sink. Sturla -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
