Author: Lonnie Cook
Date: 21:00:30 02/12/00
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On February 12, 2000 at 19:53:12, Robert Hyatt 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 > > >I don't believe they are doing this. They are applying -40c to the cpu, but >the heat it is producing prevents the cpu from getting to -40 during operation, >I'd bet. I'd bet the real cpu temp is well over 0c, if it has a temp >thermocouple as my xeons. do. My xeons run at about 106F under heavy load, >for a reference. Bob, How can the real temperature of the CPU be well over 0° when mine is CONTANTLY being cooled to 45°. heat is also drwn out through the back through the bottom fan of the tower/refrig area?
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