On Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:38:51 -0400, Long Wind wrote: > I have a P3/550, slot 1
Good micro :-) > the cpu fan is noisy, so I remove it That's a bad approach. Why not replace it with a new one? > but I am not sure about heat sink > > What will happen if CPU overheat? BIOS will shutdown the system. > What damage will be done to other computer parts? You can fry the micro, sir. You cannot have a PIII without fan and keep it so all day long. You can leave the fan for testing purposes and put it back again. > BTW how effective is a 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? Although PIII is of those exposing "low wattage" (14.5W) and high TCase (82℃), Intel always recommends it use with the fan. If it is noisy, you better change it. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- 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/pan.2010.10.07.13.49...@gmail.com
