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Almost burnt my CPU

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The Green Bean

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I was doing some wiring in my case, and replaced the fan connectors..Then I had to leave but the computer was on...I came back and the computer was stuck...I rebooted and the BIOS kept on saying GPU speed changed to stock...After a little while I noticed the temp

It was 78C!!! DAMN! Back to 42 now 🙂 🙂
 
Originally posted by: hatim
I was doing some wiring in my case, and replaced the fan connectors..Then I had to leave but the computer was on...I came back and the computer was stuck...I rebooted and the BIOS kept on saying VPU speed changed to stock...After a little while I noticed the temp

It was 78C!!! DAMN! Back to 42 now 🙂 🙂
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A number of years back, I was trying to fix my friend's computer, and I had unplugged his CPU fan for some reason, then forgot to plug it back in. That was back in the glory days of the old T-Bird 1.4 "Block heater" chip.

About 2 seconds after I turned it on, I was greeted with the not-so-pleasent stench of burning electronics. While that smell used to be fun when I was blowing stuff up on purpose in my High School electronics class, it's not fun when you're dealing with a brand new computer!

In any case, we shut it down, turned a big box fan on it and let it cool off for a while. I plugged the fan back in and thankfully it worked. Quite a scare though, let me tell you...
 
I wonder why it came up with VPU stuck when it was the CPU..?!?!

At first I thought you were talking about videocard, and i was going to say 78c is not even that hot ..

😛

 
Hopefully there wasn't any permanent damage, because if there is damage, then ur cpu might not run at full potential or it'll crash more.(unstable at lower speeds and voltages).
Don't worry, I did something similar and my AXP ran at 80->100C for a little bit. Not cool. Luckily it was fine, so urs should be to. (My hsf fell off because off a bad screw)
 
Did the same thing to my Venice when I first bought it. Had it running at stock, and removed my stock HSF to put on my Zalman. Somehow, I forgot to plug in the fan connector, so my chip was idling at around 55-60C. I noticed it right away though when I first booted, as I loaded up Speedfan to see how well the Zalman reduced my temps, only to find they went up by 25C 😀

Shut down and plugged the fan connector in, and all was well. Chip can do 2.61ghz easy now.

🙂
 
🙂 Priming it right now... @2650MHZ...no problems for an hour...Will check tommorrow morning to confirm no damage has been done 😛

If I had burnt it, it wouldve been my second. Burnt a barton 2500+ by putting the HSF incorrectly 😛
 
Another Question. What are the safe opperating temps for winnies? Currently 54 full load with an ambient temp 42. Yes its the middle of summer and the room temp is about 39-40
 
i remember i guy a while ago that ran his comp without a heatsink, to see if it worked. it burnt out almost instantly

your temps are very good. you should really get an air conditioner, thats hot!!! anyway, dont go much above 60c
 
Originally posted by: theman
i remember i guy a while ago that ran his comp without a heatsink, to see if it worked. it burnt out almost instantly

your temps are very good. you should really get an air conditioner, thats hot!!! anyway, dont go much above 60c
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With the AC on CPU temps are 38/48
 
Originally posted by: TankGuys
Originally posted by: hatim
I was doing some wiring in my case, and replaced the fan connectors..Then I had to leave but the computer was on...I came back and the computer was stuck...I rebooted and the BIOS kept on saying VPU speed changed to stock...After a little while I noticed the temp

It was 78C!!! DAMN! Back to 42 now 🙂 🙂
Click to expand...


A number of years back, I was trying to fix my friend's computer, and I had unplugged his CPU fan for some reason, then forgot to plug it back in. That was back in the glory days of the old T-Bird 1.4 "Block heater" chip.

About 2 seconds after I turned it on, I was greeted with the not-so-pleasent stench of burning electronics. While that smell used to be fun when I was blowing stuff up on purpose in my High School electronics class, it's not fun when you're dealing with a brand new computer!

In any case, we shut it down, turned a big box fan on it and let it cool off for a while. I plugged the fan back in and thankfully it worked. Quite a scare though, let me tell you...
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wait... the burning smell of the Thunderbird had nothing to do with the HSF being unplugged if it really was roughly 2 seconds. Even the POS aluminum HSFs they provided with them didn't heat up that quickly.
 
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