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To: greenspirit who wrote (26208)	11/28/1997 8:26:00 PM
From: Ali Chen	Read Replies (1) of 1573145

Michael, <the chip heats up .... to the point where it is almost too hot to touch.> The guy has identified his problem himself. He just needed to understand that he did something wrong since many of other several hundred thousand K6 owners are fine. I can suggest few tips here. First, the guy did not mention the voltage he runs the processor. If he jumped from P100, it could be 3.5V both I/O and core. The K6 will run just fine, maybe even up to 266 MHz, but hot. Second, his heat sink is most likely a piece of junk. Recently I saw heatsinks in some Compaqs (!) that could be no less than jokes - tall blades of thin aluminium that are totally uncapable to transfer any heat. Third, the guy did not mention the revision of that T2P4 board. Earlier T2P4 boards may have a linear voltage controller that was uncapable to recover sharp surges of current from CPU. With upgrades by amateurs, there is always a room for problems. I would like to invite you to visit usenet groups like alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus ...tyan, ...supermicro, etc, to see that the problem like that do arise and how they are resolved. Ali

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