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Craig Sanders (cas@muffin.pronet.com) wrote:

> I just got myself a dx2-66 overdrive cpu and plugged it into my
> motherboard.  After a few initial problems (operator error) it works
> very nicely at 66Mhz.

> I was really surprised at how cool the thing is running, though.
> Everything I had read and been told indicated that the chip would be too
> hot to touch.  I can touch the chip and it's barely warm...doesn't even
> come close to burning my skin.

> (my father, who bought a dx2-66 overdrive at the same time runs DOS &
> Windows and tells me that his CPU is burning hot - he can't even touch
> it for a few seconds whereas I could leave my finger firmly pressed onto
> mine for minutes without feeling more than warm)

Are you really getting 66MHz out of the chip? Does the BogoMIPS clock
at around 33? A friend recently installed a 66MHz overdrive and his
gets very hot. Do you really have nerve endings in your fingers? ;-)

About the heatsink, it's propably glued on. I wouldn't know how to
remove it but you might be able to mount a minature fan on it without
removing it. My CPU cooler is simply a heatsink with the fan mounted
by self tapping screws gripping between the heatsink fins.
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