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**HAL9000** · 12-24-2001, 11:03 PM

Don't worry about your CPU old dog. While 78'C is hot, it will take a lot more than that to kill an Intel CPU. I forgot to plug in a fan on a machine at work and ran it for quite some time before discovering that it was running in the mid 80'C range. Intel CPU's are thermally protected and will shut down first.

12-24-2001, 11:03 PM	#6
HAL9000 Red-eyed Moderator Staff Premium Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,575	Don't worry about your CPU old dog. While 78'C is hot, it will take a lot more than that to kill an Intel CPU. I forgot to plug in a fan on a machine at work and ran it for quite some time before discovering that it was running in the mid 80'C range. Intel CPU's are thermally protected and will shut down first. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.