Burned Processor

**GNU_man** · 08-04-2005

Wow... I don't think it running all the time was the problem though, That's less stressful than powering up and shutting down repeatedly. Must have been a fault somewhere else in the system. Did you have a quality power supply or the cheapie that came with the case?

**Vergil83** · 08-04-2005

yep, cpu fan is still working. First I thought it was my power supply (an 350W antec which I have had for about two years). Then I switched in a new power supply and nothing would happen. So that narrowed it down to mb or cpu. I think I know the cause now

The funny thing is my computer from before this one (550mhz) is still running as a server

!

I had the urge to get one of the nice new 64 bit AMD, but it isn't in my budget.

But I stayed with AMD

**NeoSNightmarE** · 08-04-2005

Holy crap is that crispy. I hope my 2400+ isn't gonna go that way. I almost never reboot unless I have to for some reason. Although this does make a good excuse to upgrade.

**benjamin20** · 08-04-2005

"i never reboot unless i have to for some reason"

think about it

**Morgoth** · 08-04-2005

Odd I always thought processors had some security feature installed that switched the processor off when it got to hot?

**LondoJowo** · 08-05-2005

Originally Posted by Morgoth

Odd I always thought processors had some security feature installed that switched the processor off when it got to hot?

The new Athlon's have this feature however the old Athlon's and AthlonXP's didn't. It also looks like a thermal pad with the stock heatsink was used and not a good quality thermal paste such as Arctic Silver.

I've had both the older Athlon's and Barton core AthlonXP's overclocked including bumping the core voltage run on the older Athlon's for well over a year using air cooling without any problems.

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