have you ever had a CPU die, "naturally"?

[dighn]

naturally as in not by user error/force damage/surge etc, just suddnely stopped working due to natural reasons like electromigration?

 

[Coquito]

Don't jinx us.

 

[So]

Nope. It's a myth.

 

[jagec]

electromigration isn't really a "natural" cause...it's along the same lines as driving drunk and hitting a pole. The cause of death may be "blunt trauma", but we all know the rest of the story

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: jagec
electromigration isn't really a "natural" cause...it's along the same lines as driving drunk and hitting a pole. The cause of death may be "blunt trauma", but we all know the rest of the story

ok i suppose what i really mean is causes other than some sudden occurance

 

[Kelvrick]

Actually, no. Not by itself, but with the help of a heavy heatsink.

 

[AFB]

Nope

 

[GeekDrew]

I once had a CPU die out of the blue... it had been in operation for about a year and it just died one day. This was at my office.

As far as I know, there was no direct trauma to the computer, and it was attached to a UPS system...

 

[Raincity]

Yes, a P3 1 gig with retail heatsink and fan.

 

[anth1987]

I had a computer once that just stopped working. No reason, working great till one day it just didn't do anything at all.

 

[DannyBoy]

Nope, probably will soon though, how long can a p2 400 last overclocked

 

[EarthwormJim]

Yep I had an AMD Athlon 2100+ die on me just out of the blue. Took out my DVD-ROM for some reason too.

 

[cherrytwist]

I had a k-6 300 shoot craps on me after about a year or so.

 

[cw42]

i have a p2 233, p2 333 all still running!

 

[Twista]

yes. Matter of fact im not going into detail because its cursed me for about 6 motherboards dead! (3 nfs2 btw)

 

[DannyBoy]

Originally posted by: EarthwormJim
Yep I had an AMD Athlon 2100+ die on me just out of the blue. Took out my DVD-ROM for some reason too.

I hardly class that as a "Natural Death"

 

[Schadenfroh]

i have never had one die

***KNOCKS HARD ON WOOD****

 

[Eli]

Nope....