Krzys Majewski wrote: > > This is strictly non-Debian but I haven't found any info on this > anywhere so maybe someone can help: can I run a PIII with the CPU fan > unplugged, provided I underclock it? I ran my Katmai 500MHz processor > with the fan unplugged for a whole day, underclocked to 333MHz, it > didn't even blink. This included 1.5 hours of intense benchmarking > stuff (I was scared to push it for longer than that). Very hot though > (couldn't touch the heatsink for more than a half second or > so). Presumably this is not very good for the CPU. But will it last > about a year under these conditions? What about other Intel CPU's? A > Celeron? A gigahertz processor? If I underclock these things as far as > they will go (on my mobo this means 66 MHz bus speed), will they run > reliably without active cooling? Do I need a special heatsink? Where > can I buy one? And so on. > > thanks, > chris >
As a computer tech I've seen a lot of latest Intel chips dead when the exhaust fan died on a certain brand computer(well known).And the heatsink was big. They didn't last too long.I've seen Celerons dead or GPF'ing due to same reason(fans that barely spinned).AMD chips are also pretty bad about it. So my take will be a no no.Any chip that's not properly cooled will plain become unreliable after a short while and eventually won't boot anymore in the best case scenario.I've seen the worst case as well,when copmuters simply caught fire.I'd put up with the noise from the fans.
