On Tuesday 19 June 2001 00:40, Roger L.S.Griffiths BSc (Hons) wrote:
On Thursday 01 January 1970 01:00, Guy Van Sanden wrote:
Anyhow, 55°C is too hot for an AMD CPU to be running...
According to AMD's Data Sheets the maximum temperatures are K6 70°C (Case) 2.2V <=380MHz K6-2 70°C (Case) 2.2V 400MHz K6-2 60°C (Case) 2.2V 400MHz K6-2 AFR 70°C (Case) 2.2V >=450MHz K6-2 65°C (Case) 2.3V 550MHz K6-2 70°C (Case) 2.4V K6-2 65°C (Case) 2.2V 400MHz K6-III 70°C (Case) 2.2V 450MHz K6-III 65°C (Case) 2.4V K6-III 65°C (Case) Duron 90°C (Core) <=1GHz Athlon 90°C (Core)
=1.1Ghz Athlon 95°C (Core) 1GHz/1.2GHz Athlon MP 95°C (Core)
So for an Athlon 55°C is quite tame :-) If your concerened about cooling issues you could check out "AMD Thermal, Mechanical and Chassis Cooling Design Guide" (order #23794) or check out guidlines on their website (http://www.amd.com).
Regards -- Roger L.S. Griffiths, BSc (Hons) Gott würfelt nicht (God does not play dice) - Albert Einstein