From: damien@b63519.student.cwru.edu (Damien Neil)
Subject: Re: How hot should the cpu be?
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christopher kushmerick (kushmer@bnlux1.bnl.gov) wrote:

: How hot should the CPU in a 486-33 DX machine be?

: Currently it gets so hot that I can not hold a finger on it for more than
: 0.5 s. 

I seem to recall that 486s run somewhere close to the boiling point of water.
Anyone have an exact temperature?

Anyway, putting a CPU fan/heat sink on it won't hurt and could help. Depends
on how paranoid you are...
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