How hot is hot! for a cpu?

[Tim]

On Thu, 2007-07-26 at 17:37 -0700, Les wrote:
> typically stress testing is at 90C.  I wouldn't recommend running one
> that hot for very long, though.  Probably about 60C or 120F would be
> OK, much above that you will begin to see faults over time I would
> expect. 

That also presumes an adequate cooler, and correctly functional
temperature sensor.  If the sensor is wrong, or the cooler is full of
fluff, you can fry it all too easily.

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