On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 14:35, John Hasler <jhas...@debian.org> wrote: > Get the datasheet for the chip. It will provide maximum die > temperature, power dissipation, and thermal resistance figures. Then > get data on the thermal grease and the heat sink thermal resistance to > still air (the latter may be hard to find, but you can calculate it from > measurements). With that information you can calculate the maximum > permissible still air temperature. > > Or you might get lucky and find exactly the information you need on the > Web. >
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