Seti Cruncher wrote:

"John Donson" <harigejan@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:41047d74$0$17761> >>

Check this out:

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031230/

I can't see that set up even running, at -190 degrees Celsuis its frozen
solid.  Todays standard hardware would never stand up to those extremes.

It ran ok for them!

Well designed digital silicon electronics is very happy (and fast) at those temperatures. Other components might fail though such as electrolytic capacitors freezing...

Thermal stress can also rip large surface mount components off boards...

Great idea but a tad much.

Good experiment

(:-))
Martin