🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <1992Aug13.022647.1505@ariel.ec.usf.edu> fevrier@sunburn.ec.usf.edu. (Ian Fevrier (EE)) writes:




>Can someone tell me just how hot the 486-50 is supposed to run. 
>I just got a 486-50 with 8 mb and a 256k cache and I am a little concerned 
>about the heat it generates. It gets too hot to keep a finger pressed
>against the 486 chip for more than 5 seconds. Is this normal ????


PC Week April 27, 1992 column by M.R. Zimmerman

"Intel Corp.'s i486 manual advises that the temperature of the center of the 
processor's top should not fall below 32 degrees or rise above 185 degrees.
Baily said the 33 MHz 486 runs at 170.2 degrees......"

If a 33MHz runs at 170 degrees a 50 Mhz must run around 175 or higher.

By the way the column was about a product called the CPU Kooler which sells 
for $39.95 by a co. called PCupid (916)338-1338. I am not assoicaited with 
this co. so I dont know how well the product works but it sounds like a good 
investment to me.