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Subject: Re: Athlon 1,1GHz

Author: Lonnie Cook

Date: 07:55:47 02/12/00

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On February 12, 2000 at 07:19:46, Walter Koroljow wrote:

>On February 11, 2000 at 23:54:03, Tom Kerrigan wrote:
>
>>On February 11, 2000 at 23:42:08, Robert Hyatt wrote:
>>
>>>I am definitely talking about 0c.  You take the cpu to that temp, it won't last
>>>long as you get ice crystals, which play hell with gigahertz frequencies.  That
>>>was why the cray was never taken below freezing until the immersion versions and
>>>they were not much below 0.
>>
>>Evidently Kryotech has come up with a solution to this problem, because they are
>>cooling the Athlon to -40C and running at 1GHz and AMD supports this.
>>
>>-Tom
>
>Long ago I read (I think it was in a tomshardware review) that Kryotech not only
>cools devices, but also has special heating elements in its box for the specific
>purpose of preventing condensation.
>
>I do not know the specifics of how they use heating/cooling together.

This is true. When u shut off the computer u have to wait 4 minutes brfore u
pull out the plugs as it gets the units involved to room temperature, then a
beep noise comes from the box teling u u can pull them, cool, huh?

to prevent condensation
>
>Cheers,
>
>Walter



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