I would like to have a way of testing my direct die systems without having to hook them up to an actual cpu, anyone have an idea of how I can do this (yes i've already considered the TEC option). I was thinking of converting something like a large soldering iron into a heating element that could be attached to the block. Bowman has used industrial heater slugs (essentialy large resistors that put out 100w of heat) in a copper spreader to simulate a heat load, but I was unable to find anything of this sort at my local electronics store.
I'm sure there's probably a simple solution to this but I haven't found it yet.
@pcice - what did your heatload tester come from?
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