[TriLUG] cpu overheat headed OT fast

[Brian Henning]

My favorite is the column of liquid nitrogen.
http://www20.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031230/

~B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ian Meyer" <ianmeyer at gmail.com>
To: "Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list" <trilug at trilug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] cpu overheat


>I know this is taking it a little , and verging on OT,  but you might
> also look into Peltier junctions. Its an pretty cool little piece of
> technology, when electricity is applied, all the heat is 'moved' to
> one side, making one side cold and the other warm (where the heat sink
> would be). By combining this with a larger sink, you would be able to
> dissipate more heat, and actually cool the chip actively instead of
> just passively.
> 
> ~Ian
> 
> ps: what would the problem be with not running the fan when the chip
> is running cool? Its not going to make it colder like a peltier will,
> it'll just dissipate the heat that is produced... ?
> 
>