[Gllug] Underclocking an Athlon

[Nick Hill]

I would be pretty surprised if my processor fan fell off even if I threw my machine out of my upstairs window.

Has anyone got a duff motherboard and CPU so we can try it?

Regards

Nick.

On Tue, 2 Oct 2001 09:00:18 +0100
Rev Simon Rumble <simon at rumble.net> wrote:

> There was a good story on Tom's Hardware recently about what happens
> when you remove the heat sink from modern processors.  The Intel range
> just clock down until they get to a safe temperature.  The Athlons
> give you about one minute's grace before they start to smoke and
> destroy themselves.  Tom recommends checking your heat sink monthly
> and I would add every time you move the machine.

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