<snip previous housekeeping>
(Any hardware that relies on software to do just the right thing to manage temperature is doomed to fail).
I agree with this but I did once cool a laptop with a bag of frozen peas, at least until I got power management sorted out, so I'm kind of willing to try just about anything. I just posted a bit of an update and question on where to sourcing cooling stuff. I use to overclock quite a bit, mostly before the jumper free days, so to find that the bios defaults to auto in overclocking, makes me wonder about the effectiveness of the default settings. I was literally blowing cold air from my AC right into it at one point, but after the firmware update and graphics tweaks, I put the unit back in place and so far so good. The little copper headers on the heat sinc kill me, I can't believe they transfer heat better that just blowing air across the fins. Russell
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