Can chips get fried or are there failsafes?

[Genocidus]

Ok i got a 2500 barton

stuck it in and tried overclocking

i put it at 10x200 and voltage 1.75 (default was 1.65)

I reboot, it comes on for 3 seconds and then dies and then doesnt come back. i reset the bios..nada..it looks like the chips dead

stick my old 2400 in , sweet..so nothings wrong with the board..its defo the cpu

now i have seen on the forum that peeps have takem 2500's to 200x10 easily at 1.75 and had no probs, so can anyone tell me why mine died?

i have a Coolermaster CPU Cooler(CP5-8JDIF-0L) which is 2500 rpm and good up to a 3200 so its nota lame-o cooler

can anyone help?

 

[myocardia]

How well did it run at 11x166, the chip's default? You know, you're supposed to check out the chip at the default before trying an OC, right? BTW, quite a few different heatsinks can be installed backward, are you sure you installed it correctly, and that it was totally "seated"?

 

[Genocidus]

yes i checked its default first and it worked fine and i put the heatsink on correctly, still no love

 

[Corporate Thug]

of course they can fry, but it is very uncommon for a chip to fry to soon with 1.75V assuming the HSF was installed properly