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Beldaran
04-24-2003, 09:23 PM
Some one told me that the Xbox doesn't have a processor fan and that if I were to play xbox for 8 hours straight (which I never do anyway) that my xbox motherboard would melt.

Does anyone know how true this is?:eyebrow:
Menokh
04-24-2003, 09:52 PM
I'd guess that would be a bunch of crap since I've heard of people hacking them and using them as webservers, which obviously need to be on for much more than 8 hours at a time.

My guess is that person doen't really know what they are talking about, I could be wrong though.
Cronic
04-24-2003, 10:37 PM
I've left mine on as long as 72 hours, and nothing :shrug:
gdorf
04-24-2003, 10:39 PM
I don't think its possible for a 733mhz chip to function for 3 seconds without a fan, let alone 8 hours. I have a feeling this guy was talking out of his ass.
Beldaran
04-24-2003, 10:48 PM
Originally posted by gdorf
I have A feeling this guy was talking out of his ass.
I had that feeling too.:)
MottZilla
04-25-2003, 12:06 AM
It's a lie. :O Xbox uses atleast one fan for sure.
Yoshiman
04-25-2003, 11:33 PM
There has to be a fan. Because if you left any system on for 3 days straight without it cooling, it would be known as one of 3 things: Steaming Puddle 2, GooCube, or XPOOL.
MottZilla
04-27-2003, 01:24 AM
That's just because the CPUs run too hot. Believe it or not, you can leave a 68K running for a year with no cooling just fine. :O

Believe it or not, the PSX is a system too. It has no cooling fan. It can run for an extended period or time as well.

Don't think that the latest systems released are all that's out there. Cause the truth is far from that.
Fiyerstorm
04-27-2003, 10:34 AM
Imagine a metal cased system....play that for like 8 hours and pick it up.

Ouchie.
Yoshiman
04-27-2003, 11:46 AM
Orginally posted by Fiyerstorm
Imagine a metal cased system....play that for like 8 hours and pick it up.

Ouchie.
I did that with my SNES once. Even though it wasn't metal cased, It was still very hot.
MottZilla
04-27-2003, 03:37 PM
Ussually the only melt on a system is for sheilding certain parts of the system or the frame.
MasterSwordUltima
04-28-2003, 04:17 PM
lol, metal shielding to protect from getting electrocuted, thats great. ^_^
MottZilla
04-28-2003, 11:39 PM
No, the metal sheilding is to protect against interference and impacts.