I've found AMD processors can run hotter than the Intel ones I've used 
lately, I'll have to keep that one in mind just in case. I've run some AMD 
processors and liked them but with my latest computer I decided to run what 
I have now and find it runs a lot cooler, but the heat synch is a lot bigger 
too, and the fan.
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From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: Off Topic - Jaws 7.1 Memory requirements


> No, it was a custom machine, and after burning it in and sending it
> home things were fine, all of a sudden the thing shut down, after
> about twelve hours of use.  Back to the shop for more testing,
> everything was fine.  Then the builder asked for the Braille Display,
> turned on jaws, with both sound and braille, and was able to
> duplicate the problem.  Went out to the archive of a jaws e-mail list
> and found the problem.  Turned the machine from it's 2.4 clock back
> to 1.9,  no problem ever since.  I think it was an AMD processor.
> I have heard of a similar behavior in laptops, which run hoter
> anyway, but don't know if that solution was tried or solved the problem.
>
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