[OT] running a PIII with no fan?
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
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