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To: Dan3 who wrote (85940)	7/28/2002 1:28:57 PM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 275872

Edit - I have 27C thermal headroom for the chip - that's 53 degrees Fahrenheit. It's actually 48.6. I first ran these numbers for the idle temp (43C), then updated them to the load temp (45.5). If missed updating the Fahrenheit value for headroom, which was calculated from 43C, not the 45.5C temp of the chip under load. Note that the 27C headroom and the 120F room temp numbers were for load, but I missed updating the Fahrenheit value for headroom. Sorry. Note should also be made that the OCZ Goliath SE, even though it uses a slow fan, is a very good heatsink/fan combo.

To: Dan3 who wrote (85940)	7/31/2002 10:17:30 AM
From: Dan3	Respond to of 275872

Re: I have 27C thermal headroom for the chip [AthlonXP 2200+] - that's 53 degrees Fahrenheit I bet owners of Intel based Toshiba notebooks wish they had chips with thermal headroom like my Athlon: The disclaimer says that CPU performance in Tosh notebooks can "vary from specifications" if: Toshiba Sin 1 Certain external peripheral products are used Toshiba Sin 2 Battery power is used instead of AC without changing factory setting Toshiba Sin 3 Certain multimedia games or videos with special effects are used Toshiba Sin 4 Standard phone lines or low speed network connections are used Toshiba Sin 5 Complex modelling software is used Toshiba Sin 6 Computers are used in areas of low air pressure Toshiba Sin 7 Computers are used at high altitude or outside the temperature range of 5 degrees to 35 degrees Celsius. And here, here, is the clincher: "Under some conditions your computer product may automatically shut down. This is a normal protective feature designed to reduce the rsik of lost data or damage to the product when used outside recommended conditions. To avoid risk of lost data, always make back-up copies of data...." blah blah blah. Of course if your notebook suddenly shuts down it's tough to "always save data". See the rest at: theinquirer.net