I know it's a stupid question, but how long can you run an Athlon XP mobile without a heatsink/fan? I ask because I ran 1 of these chips in my Duallie board with the Heatsink/Fan combo merely laying on the chip to see if it posted without physically attatching it to the board, cause that's an insane pain. And it didn't post. I ran it in there for under a minute, probably under 20-45 seconds and the heatsink/fan was always spinning on top of it. But now the chip won't work in any of my other motherboards either and I'm afraid I fried it. The top looks fine, but there a semi-dark, almost oily looking 'blotch' on the bottom.
So, lesson learned. Always attatch your heatsink/fans no matter how painful it is, because atleast you'll know that's not why your cpu went nuts.
BTW, This happened to TWO of my Athlon mobiles. Sigh... It's been a long 2 days.
So, lesson learned. Always attatch your heatsink/fans no matter how painful it is, because atleast you'll know that's not why your cpu went nuts.
BTW, This happened to TWO of my Athlon mobiles. Sigh... It's been a long 2 days.