On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:15:14 -0000, "Synapse Syndrome"
<synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote:

>"catchme" <someone@somewhere.net> wrote in message
>news:gV6uj.58853$FA.5994@pd7urf2no...
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>> guarantee, the Pentium class processors are KNOWN to overheat-
>
>No they aren't. You are just talking about the later Pentium 4 types.
>Earlier Athlons used to run very hot, and they did not even shut down
>automatically and fried themselves!

Athlons did not fry themselves without some overt system
builder mistake like not putting a heatsink on, choosing
some $3 'sink for a 50W chip so the fan failed, etc.
Granted it would've been nice if they had a thermal trip
feature at that point, but it really wasn't that big of a
deal, who really wants to have to depend on a system
shutting off instead of never doing so by building it right
in the first place?