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Mike H wrote:
 


> AND FURTHERMORE...
> The life of a silicon semiconductor is exponentially proportional to its
> operating temperature. If this never exceeds 100oC then it will have, so
> far as anyone has yet been able to determine, a very long life, measured
> in decades at least. (This has proved not the case with the old
> germanium type devices which are now expiring in droves because they
> deteriorate with age, even if you don't use them.)
> 
> You don't need super-cooling or even liquid cooling. You just need to
> keep the core temperature below 100oC at all times. It should be able to
> go to 150oC on a regular basis quite safely & the device can still last
> for years.
> 
> At the top extremes of the temperature scale its life can be reduced to
> hours or even minutes. Of course if this goes on a point will be reached
> where there is instant terminal meltdown (it goes "pop").
> 
> The faster a chip runs, the more current it passes per unit of time (a
> particular characteristic of CMOS technology, which I won't go into
> here) & so of course according to ohms law the more heat is generated.
> This is why there are now lower voltage options other than 5V (3.3, 2.9,
> etc.), these are designed to reduce one side of the equation.
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Whoa the max temp that most chip makers say their chips will work ok at
is 153F not 212F and 302F. At 100 or 150 C your chip would fry your mobo
would fry and your case temp would be sooo hot anything close by would
fry too. Then you will see some poping!

For cooling solutions try my page at http://www.thermalnet.com

Patrick