On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 14:35, John Hasler <[email protected]> wrote: > Get the datasheet for the chip. It will provide maximum die > temperature, power dissipation, and thermal resistance figures. Then > get data on the thermal grease and the heat sink thermal resistance to > still air (the latter may be hard to find, but you can calculate it from > measurements). With that information you can calculate the maximum > permissible still air temperature. > > Or you might get lucky and find exactly the information you need on the > Web. >
Or he might just put a fan on it. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]

