[Gllug] processor problem

[Chris Bell]

On Sat 18 Oct, Christopher Hunter wrote:
> 

> 
> In my experience, new runs of Intel chips are usually dreadful - I made the 
> mistake of being a very early adopter of the PIII, and the first few I tried 
> all failed quite quickly.  Later PIIIs have all been fine.  Once Intel have 
> got their production bugs sorted out, their ICs are very reliable until the 
> metal migration problems start - with the older parts (PIIs for example), 
> they start to fail in bizarre ways after about seven years.
> 
   At that age I find solid walls of dust hidden under the fan, invisible
until the fan is removed, and fans themselves starting to get sticky.

-- 
Chris Bell


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