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Cooling Down Hot Processors
DonnaMai writes "Face it: the only scorching hot thing you want with a chip is salsa. Any other overheating is potentially counterproductive, and can be downright damaging to the microprocessor -- or other components. This article uncovers potential ways to chill the chips."
Because nothing says "fiesta!" quite like third-degree burns on the roof of your mouth...
Obliteracy: Words with explosions
When I was a kid we had to cool our chips by using our little brothers as a heatsink.
We used to build a little dam around the processor with putty, fill up the reservoir with freeze-spray, and drink margaritas while the whole shebang evaporated noisily.
No fancy metal heat sinks for us...andd we liked it!
Best way to cool your processor is to move to Canada. Hands down.
Ice cubes work well.
They don't last very long, though.
Perhaps we should be working on a better ice cube!
"Rocky Rococo, at your cervix!"
I don't know what the problem is, I like hot chi... oh wait, you're talking about chips, nevermind...
hack a day
I can one up you. I built one of these, but instead of using mineral oil, I used vegetable oil. I run Gentoo, so I'd download a copy of Gnome, recompile from scratch, and then toss a bag for fries into the oil. They'd cook up really nicely in about 7 minutes. A friend of my brother, built one of these contraptions, and installed Gentoo from stage 1. He managed to deep fry and entire turkey. It was delicious.