Baldrick

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Solarjetman
You are not the one making outrageous statements.

The only device that can exhibit "negative dynamic resistance"
that I can remember is the tunnel diode. Other circuits that do that
have to be deliberately contrived and are all active circuts.

[stiltman]

What a convoluted mess we have here. I am having a hard time making out who is disagreeing and who is agreeing with what.

I disagree with the site going down...
I agree that the processors overheated due to the lack of cooling
I agree that Baldrick's hosting company will sort this out
I disagree with with positive being positive a negative being negative
I agree Baldrick should forward this thread to his hosting company, so they know how important it is that this site stay up 5 nines

[gmatov]

Solar,

Don't take offense. They're not slamming you.

I'm the one making outrageous statements.

Those crazy CPUs are overheating because all of them "gates" and transistors keep opening and closing, and charging themselves up when the CPU is idling, not because any electricity is flowing through those super thin aluminum traces.

Ohm's law doesn't apply to esoterica like computer electronics.

Ah, well,

George

BTW, I am not an electronic engineer, nor even an electrician. Just a simple mechanic.

[indolikaa]

Would this be a bad time to suggest the use of a Peltier? :P

[lordsmurf]

It's times like these that I realize ignorance is bliss!

I know only 5 things about power/electricity:
1. If the power's out, I call TXU.
2. If the device doesn't work when I plug it in, I take it back.
3. If I start a fire, I have an extinguisher.
4. If the breakers trip, I flip them back on.
5. If it starts to smell funny, I unplug it for a while and hope it works later.