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hollerith
11 months ago
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I fixed a server with a precisely placed piece of ...
I'm writing this on a passively-cooled mini PC with Intel N100 CPU. (It has only E cores, no P cores.)
Wowfunhappy
11 months ago
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But passively cooled doesn't mean no cooler! Or does the CPU literally not have a heatsink?
hollerith
11 months ago
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It has a heat sink.
Wowfunhappy
11 months ago
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Right, so that's very different than covering the CPU with tape and nothing else!
I frankly don't believe GP's story, I think GP must be misremembering this detail.
hollerith
11 months ago
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Yeah, I didnt read the OP before commenting, wasting everyone's time...
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