AMD cores are surprisingly hard to kill

[Novgrod]

I mentioned a while ago that I had scraped my new XP core pretty severely. I thought it was done and I was pissed somethin' else. It was, of course, my fault and I felt sufficiently stupid. I put on a cheap heatsink, and when the goober on that heatsink which allows you to get some leverage with a screwdriver broke off, I had to wrangle the little SOB. In the process, I scraped an edge of the core, and some of you told me I had just made a new kechain

Anyway, I just stuck it in another box and it's runnin' fine. Wonderfully, in fact. Not to blame anybody who told me I screwed up; it's not like I provided pictures or anything.

Anyway, apparently an XP core takes a whole lot of beating.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

unfortunately, depending on how you scraped your core, you may have completely destroyed your contact surface, which may result in making the core that much harder to cool.


Mike

 

[howesey]

Scratching the top of the core won't really do much damage as it has a plastic cover slip to protect it, if you break the hard shiny stuff under it thats like glass then you are buggered.

 

[Lord Evermore]

There is no plastic on top of a processor core. That's bare metal.

 

[BFG10K]

AMD cores are surprisingly hard to kill

Yeah? Try running one without a fan/heatsink.

 

[tweakmm]

<< AMD cores are surprisingly hard to kill

Yeah? Try running one without a fan/heatsink. >>


or pouring water on one:Q

 

[Jeff7]

Nah, water doesn't hurt them. Water on them while they are RUNNING will be bad.

 

[Daovonnaex]

<< AMD cores are surprisingly hard to kill

Yeah? Try running one without a fan/heatsink. >>

I'll never tire of that Tom's video.

 

[Wallydraigle]

<< << AMD cores are surprisingly hard to kill

Yeah? Try running one without a fan/heatsink. >>


or pouring water on one >>



Dammit you beat me to it

 

[Daovonnaex]

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<< << AMD cores are surprisingly hard to kill

Yeah? Try running one without a fan/heatsink. >>


or pouring water on one >>



Dammit you beat me to it >>

Stabbing it with a screw driver repeatedly would be highly effective.

 

[CStroman]

You're not using a big enough hammer. Go to Home Depot and buy a 20 pound sledgehammer, then try again.

 

[Novgrod]

Thanks for the suggestions. I've thought for some time I could use a sledgehammer, just for breaking stuff.

Makes you wonder: how long until there's a video of somebody breaking a clawhammer cpu with a clawhammer?

I know it won't be me