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To: herb will who wrote (39048)	5/11/2001 11:15:19 AM
From: that_crazy_doug	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

<< Anyone that loses a cooling fan, which is common, could have a problem >> This is common? I've never seen or heard of a cooling fan pop off. I've built probably 20 athlon systems now, but that same experience applies to any of the systems I've built (maybe 40-50 in total). Not to say lack of thermal management isn't a problem. The chip should not be able to fry itself, but the only instance I would think it'd be common is if someone who doesn't know what they are doing decides to start up the computer without a fan on the processor.