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Leaving the computer on for a few nights, yes it probably drains alot of energy but does it do any damage at all?
My system fan and graphics card probably only goes at full speed if theres a game such as UT2003 on but otherwise its quiet.. I'm not overclocking aswell.
My system fan and graphics card probably only goes at full speed if theres a game such as UT2003 on but otherwise its quiet.. I'm not overclocking aswell.
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It was a chip designer that said it. In saying that, she is female and there is the possibility that I was just staring at her breasts again and never heard right.
Icarus wrote:
> 25? How do you get it that cool?
There are various techniques you can employ.
And yes, I've heard it called electromigration, not phase change.
> 25? How do you get it that cool?
There are various techniques you can employ.
And yes, I've heard it called electromigration, not phase change.
Meh maybe I picked it up wrong, but whatever it is it is A Bad Thing.
God knows whats mine but it stays cool enough... has a huge system fan.
25? How do you get it that cool?
I've heard of that effect, but I've not heard it called phase change before.
The principle is that as the temperature in the processor pathways goes up, the atoms vibrate more. This causes electromigration... pathways form between strands, and you get extremely low level short-circuiting. Given long enough, this can cause instability & other issues. Whether this will serious affect your computer depends on what temperature you have it running it. Something like an Athlon, for example, which can easily handle 60 degrees, and will go well over 80 before frying, isn't going to degrade for decades if you run it at thirty.
On the other hand, turning your computer on creates a surge which no surge protector can save you from. The damage isn't much, but it does stress the components.
Which is the greater evil, I'd say depends on your CPU operating temp. Seeing as I'm running at 25, I'm probably getting more damage at bootup nyself.
The principle is that as the temperature in the processor pathways goes up, the atoms vibrate more. This causes electromigration... pathways form between strands, and you get extremely low level short-circuiting. Given long enough, this can cause instability & other issues. Whether this will serious affect your computer depends on what temperature you have it running it. Something like an Athlon, for example, which can easily handle 60 degrees, and will go well over 80 before frying, isn't going to degrade for decades if you run it at thirty.
On the other hand, turning your computer on creates a surge which no surge protector can save you from. The damage isn't much, but it does stress the components.
Which is the greater evil, I'd say depends on your CPU operating temp. Seeing as I'm running at 25, I'm probably getting more damage at bootup nyself.
No, phase change is when the atoms in a processor start going funny from a constant current going through it with the electric field disintegrating the processor. The smaller the pathways, the more of an issue it becomes, due to the processor walls becoming smaller and weaker. So a 486 will likely never suffer from it, an Athlon or something could.
Eh yes :-)
Phase change? AFAIK that only applies to super cooling systems.
Phase change? AFAIK that only applies to super cooling systems.
Well that is impressive. Bit old though. As you get newer and newer reliability decreases too, because of smaller oathways and phase change etc.
Oathways = something to do with promises.
Oathways = something to do with promises.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> It does depend on a variety of factors, has it been on 24/7 for those
> 4 years?
...yes, that's what I said :-)
> It does depend on a variety of factors, has it been on 24/7 for those
> 4 years?
...yes, that's what I said :-)
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