William Ballard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said on Fri, 18 Jun 2004 21:58:38 -0700: > On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 02:31:33PM +1000, Tim Connors wrote: > > A transistor dissipates heat when it is in the process of switching on > > or off - when it is fully on or fully off, there is very little > > current flowing. Which is partly why modern CPUs run so hot - because > > they switch so fast (the other reason is that there are so many more > > transistors -- but of course they are smaller too). > > My computer is overclocked with a variable speed cpu fan, an open side > panel, and a great big box fan up against the edge. I don't have A/C > (you don't really need it where I live except about 1 week/year). > > Most of the time I can turn the CPU fan down and leave the box fan off. > But if I'm compiling or playing games, I have to turn the fans way up!
I even connect the 240/110v switch up to the PSU fan (making sure to leave the PSU in 240v mode :), and turn it off when I want to sleep. I just hope that I rememeber to turn it back on before I start up a CPU intensive job, otherwise cooked transistors make the place smell bad. -- TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ That [Tim-Tam] would be the Classic. Not to be confused with the Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate, and Double Chocolate flavour. (Personally, I prefer Cadbury's Doubles myself. Tim Tams don't taste enough of chocolate.) -- Faceless Man on ARK -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
