On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Electron wrote: > Nah, not even for a whole day. > > Life span approximately halves every 10C degrees more, so assuming you've > spent 1 hour at +50C, that means you just burned 15 hours of life of your > CPU. > > It will last WAY less now. ;) > > I spent an hour or more at 98 degrees C with the improperly installed stock heatsink (which was before I bought a superior heatsink). --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .