[ubuntu-uk] CPU temps

[Alan Pope]

Hi,

On Wed, 2007-09-05 at 19:57 +0100, MailingLists wrote:
> The OS reading is the more correct, but be aware that 60'C is bit over 
> the recommended 50'C max temperature. If you do something CPU intense, 
> like re-encode video the temp. will rise to 60'C and if your harddrive 
> is nearby it will get cooked...
> 

My laptop idles (right now) at 37° and when I'm encoding video it
generally hovers around 62° with the fan going nuts. The hard disk tends
to stay around 36° most of the time. 

That said:-

http://tech.blorge.com/Structure:%
20/2007/02/20/googles-hard-disk-study-shows-temperature-is-not-as-important-as-once-thought/

Cheers,
Al.
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