On 26/03/07, Brian Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mar 26, 2007, at 8:31 PM, Eric Dunbar wrote: > > > On 26/03/07, Brian Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> I've also read that some retail stores that are running PS3s all > >> day are > >> starting to have thermal problems, but these are units in closed > >> cabinets so > >> that's not too surprising. > > > > Wasn't that one of the reasons Apple cited for going with Intel chips? > > PPC chips simply were "too hot to handle" <groan> in terms of their > > power consumption (and, indirectly, heat production). > > Yeah, the promised G5 notebook never materialized due to power and > heat problems, and consequently battery life. My G5 iMac gets close > to 180 degrees when working hard, and idles at around 125.
You're presumably talking in Fahrenheit (I'm guessing you're from the US ;-)? 52 degrees C is quite warm (125 Fahrenheit) and 82 degrees C (180 degrees F... 1.8 F = 1.0 C) sounds like it's way beyond the safe operating long-term temperature for a CPU. _______________________________________________ yellowdog-general mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-general HINT: to Google archives, try '<keywords> site:terrasoftsolutions.com'
