On Thu, 7 Oct 2010 07:38:51 -0400 Long Wind <longwind2009@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a P3/550, slot 1 > the cpu fan is noisy, so I remove it > but I am not sure about heat sink > > What will happen if CPU overheat? > What damage will be done to other computer parts? > > 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? > > Install lm-sensors it should tell you the cpu temp, and the max. Once its installed, run # sensors-detect and follow the instructions, once thats done, run $ sensors If it gets to hot, normally it will under-clock itself or the system will shutdown. ------ Regards, Angus Hedger Debian GNU/Linux User PGP Public Key 0xEE6A4B97
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