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From: The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Pi-FAN for RPi4 with 4 (instead of 3) cables?
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 12:06:23 +0000
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On 08/12/2024 10:15, Pancho wrote:
> On 12/7/24 14:50, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

>>
>> The trouble is the environment in which they run. In a clean machine 
>> room, OK. In an office full of people some of whom must have had pets 
>> and some of whom smoked, it could be  a very common failure...
>>
> 
> Does your experience come from this millennium?
> 
Admittedly no, 1990s

> I remember that type of thing happening, but it was a long time ago. 
> Modern fans are good, I have CPU fans still running after 10 + years. 
> Stunning reliability.
> 
> Plus, CPUs shut down without a running fan, and have thermal shutdown too.
> 
> 
They didnt use to!
> 

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