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To: Dan3 who wrote (39037)	5/11/2001 9:03:25 AM
From: dhellman	Respond to of 275872

Notwithstanding the hotrod jockey argument, isn't it time for AMD to adopt a heat spreader just as they've (reportedly) adopted the on-die thermistor? You have to wonder what kind of manufacturing hoops the oem's jump through to assemble these boxes without harming the cpu. btw - scored a re-furb 1.3 cpq at Overstock.com for $799 - yikes! edit: url - overstock.com

To: Dan3 who wrote (39037)	5/11/2001 10:54:20 AM
From: herb will	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Dan, “AMD "mindshare?" From a little refresher from a portion of a former post, “Athlons are really a hot number.” "my athlon fried when my fan popped off" "friend fried 2 athlons in 2 seconds" "son likes athlon but is careful not to fry it" "4 servers running, lots of fans, could fry bacon" And many others groups.google.com. I guess you think the experiences are from those that just have a wild imagination. Certainly many of these problems occur when overclocking a fragile chip but why do have to so cotton pickin cautious. Anyone that loses a cooling fan, which is common, could have a problem. The fact is that Athlon chips do not have internal thermal control and they will fry in a matter of seconds if they are not cooled. Intel processors do not have this problem. Herb