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Pushing a CPU to Heat Death, Intentionally

Posted by timothy on from the or-maybe-it-will-loaf-along dept.

sdougal writes "This site is showing a Pico-ITX board running Ubuntu with no cooling whatsoever. They even let the public guess how long it would last: 'Last week thousands of you placed bets on how long the new Pico-ITX board from VIA, the VIA EPIA PX5000EG, can last without any cooling whatsoever. An ARTiGO Builder Kit was offered as the grand prize. Yesterday afternoon the voting stopped and the Naked Pico Challenge started in earnest. We simply loaded up Ubuntu 8.04, set it to work playing an mpeg-4 video and then removed the heatsink, leaving the CPU and VX700 chipset bare to the world. We recorded the event here in this video and set up a live video stream so you punters can keep a watchful eye on the PX5000EG as it works away.'"

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  1. The video by nawcom · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should make the mp4 hours of video of hardcore pornography, and we can all make bets on what the final frame that it shows before locking up and shutting down will be about. Blowjobs, anal, AtM, Bukkake, fem domination, tentacle sex, etc. It will bring more people to RTFA and WTFS (Watch The Fucking Stream).

  2. Re:The rule of thumb is.... by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    I predict a lot shorter now that the page with the video is linked on the Slashdot front page.! ;)

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  3. FUD Ammo... by PinkyDead · · Score: 5, Funny

    How long before we see this up on www.microsoft.com/getthefacts/ with the headline:

    "Linux will set your computer on fire."

    You have been warned.

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  4. Re:What's the point? by somersault · · Score: 5, Funny

    How long will that be though? 2 years? 3 years?

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    which is totally what she said
  5. Re:Ehh, it's been done before by frosty_tsm · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've had two CPUs die from heat death when their cooling fans became clogged with dust, cat hair and pot smoke. I'm not sure if this story should result in a LOL-cat or a computer-shaped bong...