fan stopped, noticed, cpu works still, am i in the clear?

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I have an 1800+ with retail hsf. I was changing some cables around and when I closed the case one of the IDE cables ended up preventing the fan from rotating. I had just finished a long reformat and dual boot installation on both my hard drives, so I didn't check.

Anyway, I had windows xp running at minimal load (just testing it out with pinball) for about oh, 8 to 10 minutes. Then I get a blue screen of death. Tried a soft reboot, nothing. Tried a hard reboot, no post. Then I opened my case and found the problem. I touched the heatsink to gauge how long ago the fan had stopped. I can still see the mark on my finger after 2 days. My cpu usually runs at 45 or so full load since I don't overclock , and that barely feels warm when touching the heatsink, so it must have been close to twice that for a few minutes.

I quick got my huge floorfan and had it blowing into the open case for 5 minutes. when heatsink was pretty cool, restarted and hoped it would post. 2 days later, no problems since running 24/7. I didn't smell any burning scent through this whole ordeal. I guess I got really lucky.

So, did I significantly shorten the life of my cpu? Any long term effects to this type of mistake?

Thanks a lot ahead of time.

 

[Doctorweir]

I think you'll be ok....the passive cooling prevented an instant "cpu-fry"

After the passive cooling was not enough anymore and the CPU got too hot you got the blue screen...not uncommon for the overclocking community

It may eventually shorten the lifespan of your CPU a bit...maybe from 5 to 4 years...but honestly, when was the whole lifespan of a CPU ever needed?