Quote from: induktor on December 25, 2013, 08:04:40 PM

Quote from: junky998 on December 24, 2013, 12:14:04 PM

Hi,

I had 3 red furies pencil modded to 3 Ghash each
I'm cooling them with an artic breeze usb fan and it seems all right as compared to touching the heat sink when without cooling.
However the ASIC chip is too hot to touch.

Not sure whether this is burn or shortened the life span of the miners.
Please advise, thanks.

very good question!
I will like very much to hear the official position of beastlymac about this, how safe it is, lifespan of a modded BF,etc.

The design of the BlueFury and the way it was stock clocked was to make sure that it didn't kill the chip. Heating the chip and putting it under extra strain is likely to shorten the life of the chip and possibly even cause the board to malfunction rendering your device useless.