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- From: jdhuse@sedona.intel.com (Jon Dhuse~)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Subject: chip temperature
- Message-ID: <Bzq13C.yp@inews.Intel.COM>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 16:42:47 GMT
- Sender: jdhuse@sedona (Jon Dhuse~)
- Followup-To: Colorado Memory Systems...
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- clau@acs.ucalgary.ca (Christopher Lau) writes:
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- ... but I just noticed on my Jumbo 250 that the 24 (or is it 28) pin
- chip on the top of the drive (right behind the LED) is incredibly hot (50-60
- degrees C). Can other Colorado users out there tell me if this is normal
- (check yours- just push open the door and look up, there's a 24-28 pin chip
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- A typical commercial grade spec for integrated circuits is 0 - 70 degrees C, so
- 50 - 60 is not outrageous. I suspect that the device in question is built using
- NMOS, rather than CMOS, technology, for which those type of operating
- temperatures are very common. A typical reliability expectation for commercial
- grade devices is 5 to 10 years of continuous operation at the rated specs, so
- I wouldn't have too much worry about chips in the tape drive.
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- Cheers, Jon.
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