You are replacing a motherboard on a computer that is used in a factory. The air temperature on the factory floor is typically between 90 and 105 degrees F. You install the motherboard and boot the computer.
After several hours you receive a call that errors are occurring. You discover the processor is overheating.
What should you do?
1. Install a heat sink.
2. >>Install a Peltier cooler.
3. Leave the case open for extra ventilation.
4. Replace the processor with a different one.
Explanation : You should install a Peltier cooler. Extremely hot environments require additional cooling. A Peltier cooling device gets colder when it receives voltage. Therefore, it can cool the processor regardless of the ambient air temperature. Another thing to check is to make sure that you properly installed the processor's fan.
A heat sink will probably
not solve the problem. A heat sink is a convection device. In order for it to cool a Central Processing Unit (CPU), the air temperature must be cooler than the inside of the computer.
Replacing the processor will not resolve the problem. The problem is not caused by a defective processor. It is caused by insufficient cooling.
You should not leave the case open for extra ventilation. The ambient air temperature outside the case is very hot. Also, leaving the case open will cause a build up of dust inside the computer case, which will make the problem worse.
Objective: Personal Computer Components
