On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 13:38, Long Wind <longwind2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a P3/550, slot 1 > the cpu fan is noisy, so I remove it > but I am not sure about heat sink > > What will happen if CPU overheat? > What damage will be done to other computer parts? >
You'll just ruin the CPU, nothing else. I've ruined a few of them. > BTW how effective is a fan? Very. There is no "passive cooling", nothing is cooling that CPU without the fan. > If max room temperature is 35 degrees for a CPU with a fan, > then, max will be decreased by how much if the fan is removed? > It doesn't matter if the room is 0 degrees. No fan -> burnt CPU. End of discussion. Especially with a power-drainer such as a PIII. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktik80pcpgwwjcucbiz1bxtoxd_+g7ueddkkwq...@mail.gmail.com
