do amd cpus' still blow up if the heat sink is removed

[TanisHalfElven]

this is the http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8338081239877959959&q=amd">video</a>

as you can see the the cpu burned up once the heatsink weas removed.
so does this still happen or do the newer cpus support some feastre that prevents this.


edit the link did not work so HERE IS ANOTHER ONE.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8338081239877959959&q=amd&pr=goog-sl

 

[RichUK]

bad link "Page cannot be displayed" although i think i know the vid you talking about, the THG vid of the HS removal on both a Pentium 3/4 cant remember, and a K7, and the K7 just fizzled out and the core melted.

The answer to your question is no. You have the ability to set (it has a default value already set i think) the shut down temp in the BIOS. However you can override this, basically your AMD K8 processor will crash before it gets to hot, but if you remove the heatsink whilst in operation that is just dumb.

 

[buzzsaw13]

Originally posted by: tanishalfelven
this is the http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8338081239877959959&q=amd">video</a>

as you can see the the cpu burned up once the heatsink weas removed.
so does this still happen or do the newer cpus support some feastre that prevents this.

If that is the video with the "extreme" overclocked Duron, its fake. They put a firecracker or something under the motherboard.

 

[TanisHalfElven]

no its not the duron one although i saw that too and scared me that did. sorry its a google video i searched for now i am sending my slef the link and here it is.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8338081239877959959&q=amd&pr=goog-sl

 

[Uhtrinity]

There are alot of fake overclocking videos floating around. One of the worst ones was gpu overclocking, but you could see what looked like a roman candle under one of the hardrives.

The Duron one mentioned claimed a Duron system running a windows dektop at 4 Ghz on a stock fan, the fan was removed and the firecracker went off.

 

[hans030390]

why would you want to take of the heatsink when its running anyways..

 

[JM Aggie08]

i wouldnt doubt that it would smoke if left without the sink on after a while, but i dont think that quick. aww and i wanted to see a cpu to explode

 

[TanisHalfElven]

Originally posted by: JM Aggie08
i wouldnt doubt that it would smoke if left without the sink on after a while, but i dont think that quick. aww and i wanted to see a cpu to explode

search on google video for amd. its one of the search results.

Originally posted by: hans030390
why would you want to take of the heatsink when its running anyways..

i wont do that but still suppose if the fan fails or the heat sink in not installed correctly (by me). i don't want my $300 dying out on me.

 

[Fox5]

I'd had my athlon xp on an nforce 2 board run without a heatsync, and it refuses to boot but it doesn't fry or even die.
Of course, I've never tried removing a heatsink while the system is running. If throttling is working properly, it might survive.

 

[stevty2889]

A64's, X2's, and Opterons have thermal protection, so they will shut themselves down before they burn up.

Seems to take more to kill a chip than I though anyway. I was playing with my P4 based engineering sample, which apparently has thermal protection disabled. Thought my temp readings were off, when it said it was running at 120c in windows..but turned out my water block was leaning on a capacitor and not making good contact...

 

[phr0m]

thats a fake video like stated earlier there is a firecracker under the board

 

[DoughtCom]

Actually if it's the tomshardware video where they compare the P4 to the AMD (which is old, I believe they were XP's or something) then I would doubt it's fake.

Also I've ran my chip (while testing) with my finger on it and due to the heat spreader, you can run your computer longer without it over heating (obviously).

And the guy above me was correct... the new processors have thermal protection and your computer will turn off before it burns up.

 

[lopri]

I remember the THG video where they removed the HSF and saw the Athlon chip burning. That video is actually legit but it was like 4~5 years ago. The purpose of removing HSF, according to THG, was an experimental test for an accident where a HSF falls off. At the time the video brought up quite a sensation around the web and AMD indeed had to send a rep to THG. I doubt that such thing would happen with today's AMD chips.

 

[TSS]

Yeah i've seen that video, they compared a (then) new P4 who had thermal protection to old T-birds who didnt. they burned up, smoked, and the PC was dead.

AMD's these days have the same thermal protection, so if the heatsink falls off, something like that shouldnt happen.

i did fir my heatsink wrong on my P4 once. since i removed the proc it booted at 66 mhz, then when i clocked it at the 2.53 it usually runs at it shut off within 3 seconds. no damage done. a AMD should do the same. (anybody here volunteering to try?)