Pismo status

[Timothy A. Seufert]

At 9:17 PM -0800 5/21/00, Ethan Benson wrote:

>then look at the heat sync on a G4 -- friggen monster about the size
>of a video tape ;-)

That particular heatsink was designed to allow the processor to
survive if the computer's main air circulation fan dies.  It doesn't
actually have to be that large for normal operation.  (G4 ZIF socket
upgrades for G3 Macs don't come with a huge heatsink as far as I
know, and they do fine.)

   Tim Seufert

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