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Old 02-05-2005, 11:54 AM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Lion7718
I could sware Cirga tested the AMD Fan Thing himself & posted about it....maybe Ripper knows where........
no idea where, but i can tell you from personal experience that an AMD chip without a heatsink will last about half a second less time than it takes overheat protection to kick in and shut the power off. with a heatsink its not an issue because even should the fan stop working the temperature rise is slow enough to be caught by OHP and prevent any damage to the chip - provided your board has overheat protection.
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