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Subject: Re: Cooling Device and CPU Speed

Author: Hermano Ecuadoriano

Date: 15:26:41 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?

I've never heard of the Rain.
The "Kryotech" equipment I was thinking of is external.

>Brother, Ain't so dumb..  :-)

Sorry, but if I waited to post only my expert opinions, I could never post!

>Saludos a su hermosa novia
>Fernando



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