On 27/07/10 06:56, Long Wind wrote:
That doesn't sound right. A typical maximum junction temperature for most semiconductors would be about 200C. 80C might be right for the maximum temperature for the heatsink area on the CPU package, which in those days would probably be the whole top of the case.(sorry, this question isn't debian specific) I have a P3/550, SECC2 I get its manual from Intel It says max T junction is 80 C The motherboard BIOS reports CPU temperature but is the reported value equal to T junction?
A junction temperature of 80C would imply a heatsink temperature of about 20C-30C, which would be difficult to maintain, and probably no more than about 10MHz clock speed. Doesn't sound like a P3.
-- Joe