I've just spent an hour last night prowling around the Intel web site
trying to find the danger point for Pentium 4's (the office at home has
dismembered PC's all over the floor while I fit extra fans and heat sinks
to lower the noise level and control the heat).

Intel says flatly "it depends" and won't state any absolutes, they refer
you to their guidelines for case design etc. I recall years ago that there

were industry absolutes for computer tape, but that was in the days when
all computer rooms had controlled environments. The answer today probably
is "it depends".

Incidentally, the consensus on the web for P4's is (all degrees C) 65 is
ok but the chip will start to slow itself down, at 75 it starts to shut
down, and at 85 you're probably on the way to the shop to buy a new one.
But it depends.

But having said all that, you'd think there would be standards specifying
both storage and use situations and the desired environmental conditions.
I don't know of any.

Cheers

Glenn

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