Athlon @ 120 degrees C and still alive!

[jemcam]

Okay, a long story, but to make it short, I was replacing a HDD, and needed an extra IDE space temporarily to transfer my files. So, I disconnect my CDrom, and plug the new HDD in. Everything is transferring just fine, then after about an hour, it froze at 51%. WTF?, I think, then went to reboot. Nothing. I walk over to my open case, and I notice it's really quiet and smells hot. I quickly realize that my hsf is piggy backed on to my cd drive, and my Athlon 1.333 (oc'd on top of that) has been working for over an hour with no fans running.

I quickly shut it all down, hook up the fan, and it brought it into bios. The cpu temp was 106 C and falling fast! Within seconds it's down in the mid 50's.

I went on with my work and everything's okay! I can't believe it, I deserved to have that thing burn up. The only thing I think saved it was AS2 and the SK6 heatsink.

What do you think? Oh yeah, it's an A7V133 mobo.:Q

 

[chizow]

Wow! that certainly classifies as a near-death experience hehe Glad you didn't kill it. Funny though, one time I left the fan header off on my Golden Gate after messing around in there and powered up...I didn't get any bad smell, but my mobo made an alarm sound I instantly recognized from the BIOS beep codes that it was the CPU overheating. Before I even got the chance to pull the plug, the A7V133 shut down.

Chiz

 

[sash1]

<< Wow! that certainly classifies as a near-death experience hehe >>

Ha, ha, ha!



<< What do you think? Oh yeah, it's an A7V133 mobo. >>

I think you're crazy!

That's funny, 106C! You should of immediately ran Prime95 and see what would've happened.

 

[Egrimm]

Glad your cpu survived, but even though it's an example of the cpu taking more than the 90C that AMD specify I don't think we should stop using our fans like you unintentionally did
This shows that your hsf truly is good, keeping it alive, I'm glad that I'm switching to a high-quality heatsink (Alpha PAL8045) myself should something like that ever happen to me (it wouldn't be unlike me to forget the fan like you did, nearly did it once with my DragonOrb3, doubt that the cpu would have survived with that hsf ).

 

[microAmp]

Lucky.... one lucky dude.....
Glad to hear that your SK-6 save it, I have one now, good too know.

 

[Jerboy]

You should've done a test to see if your heatsink was above 100°C. Give it a drop of water and you'll know if it is or not by distinct sizzling sound.

 

[Wind]

U should run stability test to c if u actually lucky. A full check on the system components is required. But the mobo seems OK.

 

[jemcam]

Well, I'm installing some games, fs2002, nascar4, and UT, all turned up to the max. They seem to be able to make my system crash when Sandra couldn't during their so called "burn-in" test.

I'll let you know.

 

[redhatlinux]

Just cause its working now, doesn't mean it will still work in a few weeks. Seen a few CPUs survive a bad fan, but they went bad after a few weeks, hope yours doesn't, just be prepared.

 

[jemcam]

Hey I've been playing on this thing for two days now, very stable.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that all is OK.

 

[AnimEva]

thank god it works, you got so lucky...since it works now i would think it would still work later

 

[bonkers325]

<< Hey I've been playing on this thing for two days now, very stable.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that all is OK. >>



we will be watching

 

[poppasp1ce]

<< nearly did it once with my DragonOrb3, doubt that the cpu would have survived with that hsf ). >>



I don' t see how anyone could not know their DragonOrb3 fan wasn't on. How one could not hear the Jet Turbine/Nuclear Reactor (DragonOrb3 owners, you know what I'm talking about) running is beyond me . Unless you have the 4500rpm model I guess.

 

[Wind]

<<

<< nearly did it once with my DragonOrb3, doubt that the cpu would have survived with that hsf ). >>



I don' t see how anyone could not know their DragonOrb3 fan wasn't on. How one could not hear the Jet Turbine/Nuclear Reactor (DragonOrb3 owners, you know what I'm talking about) running is beyond me . Unless you have the 4500rpm model I guess. >>


Maybe he was too indulge w/ something else....or else he will hear tht "jet sound" stop.

 

[jemcam]

still here....

takes a lickin' and keeps on tickin'

 

[Rahminator]

That's why I have automatic shutdown set in bios when cpu reaches 60*C. Better safe than sorry.

 

[spikegifted]

LOL!!! count yourself lucky, buddy!!

 

[elimcpheron]

<< Glad your cpu survived, but even though it's an example of the cpu taking more than the 90C that AMD specify I don't think we should stop using our fans like you unintentionally did
This shows that your hsf truly is good, keeping it alive, I'm glad that I'm switching to a high-quality heatsink (Alpha PAL8045) myself should something like that ever happen to me (it wouldn't be unlike me to forget the fan like you did, nearly did it once with my DragonOrb3, doubt that the cpu would have survived with that hsf ). >>



i have a dragon orb 3 and i turned on my comp without having it plugged in.... i was like, wtf, something is funny, cuz i didnt hear anything, then i realized my error and with lightning quick speed turned off my comp before my cpu would fry

i was so scared... but nothing bad happened

thank you dorb3 for being obnoxiously loud

 

[SuperPickle]

<< Give it a drop of water and you'll know if it is or not by distinct sizzling sound. >>



Water near the motherboard to test for sizzle? Very brave