I've ran a few of these. 1) AFAIK you require a fan in a closed case 2) Watch out for condensation a) Can short the junction b) Has dissolved the adhesive on me more than once. I ran a K6/225 for a month with the fan fallen off, before it started sig11-ing and I checked inside. I'm still running that CPU too. It's my one Windows /Linux/USB machine.
I was running a junction on a 486SX/16 clocked up to 40 for about a year, until I got my hands on a Cyrix DX2/80, which is running my firewall for now. On Mon, 3 May 1999, Brian Servis wrote: > *- On 3 May, Jens B. Jorgensen wrote about "Re: diskless box: fanless too ?" > > I would think you could do it if you used once of those heat sinks which > > have a > > peltier junction on the bottom. I don't know if anyone's tried this of > > course but I do > > know such heat sinks exist (I saw and felt one a Comdex last year and boy > > was it > > cold!) > > > > > It is my understanding that you need a fan on a peltier junction > otherwise it makes a better heater than a cooler. Especially in a > closed environment like a computer case. > > [snip]