Burned Processor

[Vergil83]

I came home from work last night and I smelled burning. I removed my fan and heat sink to find this.
top view
&
bottom view
The heat gel was completey gone (burned off?). It was 2.5 years old (AMD XP 2000) and was on nearly 24-7. So I guess it had a good life.

Time to upgrade

[lakerdonald]

snap man, that is the suxor.

[zacam87]

gee thanks for those pics.. now im going to have nightmares yea i guess going non stop 24/7 will do that.. good thing i dont do that tho lol i think that processor is a keeper though... maby frame it and put on the wall

[oz]

RIP little CPU

So what are you going to replace it with?

[a thing]

Only 2.5 years! Wow when I get an AMD Imma underclock it!

[jlgreer1]

That's smokin'

I have had chips fry over the years. It is usually after the fan seizes. My VIA mother board monitors CPU temp and shuts down if it goes out of range.

Jeff

[Dolda2000]

I think I upgraded my CPU about two years ago (to an Athlon XP 2200+), and I've had it on almost every second since. Does that mean that it's time for it to go soon?

[budman7]

I don't think leaving the computer on was the problem, but the proc fan or PSU going out.
And that burning up the proc.
I leave my pc on all the time and I only had two problems. Both times the PSU went out.
No proc damage though.
How lucky can I get.

[DoctorDan]

that actually happened to a friend of mine recently. laptop went up in smoke

[JoeB]

any idea if the cpu fan was still working?

I lost a video card because I was lazy and let the fan get too dirty....

but, man, it didn't look like it actually burned like your chip did