On 04/14/2015 10:49 AM, clipka wrote:
> Am 14.04.2015 um 12:59 schrieb Doctor John:
>
>> I seem to remember someone having a similar problem with the white spots
>> a few years ago, possibly on this very ng. I'll search my archives to
>> see if I can find the relevant thread.
>
> I recall one guy who had stray white dot artifacts all over his scenes;
> in the end it turned out that his AMD processor had suffered permanent
> damage from overheating. (Some time later, the very same guy complained
> about the very same type of artifacts again; it turned out that he had
> fried yet another CPU.)

It was Jaime.

Now that I think of it, a couple of years ago when I was shopping for a 
new computer, someone (not a POVer) warned me against AMDs, saying that 
(among other things) they produce more waste heat than Intel CPUs. 
However, at the time Jaime was having his problems, I don't know whether 
Intel was any better.

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