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Subject: Re: Cooling Device and CPU Speed

Author: Chessfun

Date: 14:59:38 11/30/00

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On November 30, 2000 at 17:45:29, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>On November 30, 2000 at 17:41:02, Hermano Ecuadoriano wrote:
>
>>On November 30, 2000 at 17:24:21, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>
>>>Since a year or more I have been using a cooling device called "Rain". In a way
>>>or another it impedes an overheating of the cpu in certain conditions, but
>>>suddenly I have wondered if this thing does not cause some lose of speed and so
>>>I am losing some extra nodes per second in every one of my programs. Anyone
>>>knows if such thing happens or this is just one of my periodic paranoid runs?
>>>
>>>Fernando
>>
>>If it is a mechanical device connected to the outside of the processor,
>>I don't think it would do any harm.
>>If you are using it in order to overclock your system, that could
>>be risky.
>>If you are NOT using it to overclock, then it probably has no effect
>>on speed.
>
>
>Hermano:
>Of course is a software device. Do you think that I could believe that a sort of
>external fan or whatever - maybe a block of ice- could affect the logic
>operations of an electronic piece of equipment?
>Brother, Ain't so dumb..  :-)
>Saludos a su hermosa novia
>Fernando

I have had rain about a year. I was using it while fooling around
with overclocking of my Cel 433's. It hardly uses any cpu amount
though why not just check your cpu temp to see even if you need it
running. Unless your cpu is overclocked you won't need it.

Sarah.






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