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About a month ago I was installing a FOP38 (Not FOP38-1) and if you don't know they changed to the 38-1 because it was easy to get the lip on the FOP38 stuck on the socket edge and not notice it and toast a CPU... I did just that. Well I had a 800Mhz T-Bird and I tossed the FOP38 on and I guess it got caught on the edge of the socket and didn't make good contact with CPU, so after about 15 seconds my PC locked up and I smelt a slight burnt smell.... it was my CPU, the warranty sticker on back had turned brown even. Tried turning it off and putting the HS back on... no go so I figured I fried it, which most people would assume after toasting it like that.
Anyways I ordered a 900Mhz T-Bird and that worked fine up to about 1007 and I've been running it for about a month. So today I decided what the hell lets see if that fried CPU won't work underclocked to 500 or 600... I toss it in set it as 500Mhz, and Ill be damned it booted. So I decide lets jump straight to 800.... I was shocked it booted and ran Prime95 to test stability. So I decide let's try 1050 and if it works Im gonna hit myself hehe.... It boots! And it was stable... anyways the highest I tested was 1080 and it was slightly unstable so right now Im running it at 1060.... not bad I would say...
So basically now my 900 is sitting in a drawer because my burnt up 800Mhz beats my 900 by a good 50Mhz... not bad so I think I'll stick with the 800@1060..... So when AMD says the CPU can take 90C... its true LOL this cpu must have hit 120C to beable to scorch the paper on the back so much.
Anyways I ordered a 900Mhz T-Bird and that worked fine up to about 1007 and I've been running it for about a month. So today I decided what the hell lets see if that fried CPU won't work underclocked to 500 or 600... I toss it in set it as 500Mhz, and Ill be damned it booted. So I decide lets jump straight to 800.... I was shocked it booted and ran Prime95 to test stability. So I decide let's try 1050 and if it works Im gonna hit myself hehe.... It boots! And it was stable... anyways the highest I tested was 1080 and it was slightly unstable so right now Im running it at 1060.... not bad I would say...
So basically now my 900 is sitting in a drawer because my burnt up 800Mhz beats my 900 by a good 50Mhz... not bad so I think I'll stick with the 800@1060..... So when AMD says the CPU can take 90C... its true LOL this cpu must have hit 120C to beable to scorch the paper on the back so much.
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