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To: Paul Engel who wrote (33779)6/30/1998 10:28:00 PM
From: Ali Chen  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1574262
 
<Try "touching" them with the power turned on.>

Maybe only you are running your $4000> Sony
notebook and whatever desktop you have with
power off. I usually run my computers with
power on, silly woodpecker :-)
(sorry for the third-grade slang. I am just
learning exactly this level of language,
indirectly)

<AT 15.5 watts...> Never feel these yet.
You probably do not understand what the
term "maximum dissipation" means...



To: Paul Engel who wrote (33779)7/1/1998 7:10:00 PM
From: Petz  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1574262
 
Paul, re:<try touching them with the power turned on>
I have many times touched side of heatsink and edge of CPU package of K6-2-266 running at 309 MHz.

Room temperature

Air blowing from fan at room temperature.

Petz


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