Processor Card

[Thermistor]

What would happen if I were to remove my processor card while the machie is running?
How would the system handle it if I were playing music? A game? Doing something wit video?

 

[nitromullet]

you really shouldn't add/remove any hardware from your pc whilte it's running unless the hardware is designed for that purpose.

 

[Thermistor]

That doens't quite answer the question.

 

[InlineFive]

If you pulled your system processor our of your system while it was wrong it would short circuit itself and the motherboard. The computer would freeze and it might damage some components. That being said it's a bad idea.

If it another kind of processor please let us know as the term processor generally refers to the CPU which can't be removed (safely) while the computer is on.

-Por

 

[JBT]

What is a processor card??? If it is some type of data disk it could cause corruption or damage the disk. unless it is a USB device which are meant to be able to be unplugged while running.

 

[Budman]

Originally posted by: Thermistor
What would happen if I were to remove my processor card while the machie is running?
How would the system handle it if I were playing music? A game? Doing something wit video?

How fast would your car go on the highway if you removed your motor?

 

[MDE]

Originally posted by: JBT
What is a processor card??? If it is some type of data disk it could cause corruption or damage the disk. unless it is a USB device which are meant to be able to be unplugged while running.

Could be a Slot 1\A CPU.

 

[PCTweaker5]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: Thermistor
What would happen if I were to remove my processor card while the machie is running?
How would the system handle it if I were playing music? A game? Doing something wit video?

How fast would your car go on the highway if you removed your motor?

Thats not really what he is saying. Its more like
What would happen to my car if the engine just disappeared while I was driving?

 

[MadRat]

When that IRQ isn't there when its expected to be then its going to freeze. I've watched an old 10b ethernet card get short circuited back in the day when they were $75-100 apiece for someone doing exactly that... yank! Luckily everything else was fine. It was in a 486 btw.

 

[InlineFive]

Do you have one of those cards that has a built-on Pentium as an upgrade for really slow systems? If so they are put on PCI cards and you can't remove THOSE either when the system is on.

-Por

 

[Elbryn]

newer system might lock up from heat as he'd have to remove the heat sink before he could get the cpu out.

 

[EeyoreX]

I think the bottom line is: Don't do it. It would be bad. If the hardware is not specifically designed to be removed while running, then chances are fairly good they will break. That's what would happen, some hardware would be damaged, perhaps beyond repair. Oh, and your computer would most assuredly shut down. Maybe permanently (requiring replacement of parts). I'm not sure why someone would want to remove a processor, slot, socket, PCI-card, or other based while the machine was running in the first place.

\Dan

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: Thermistor
That doens't quite answer the question.

yes it does...

 

[AIWGuru]

First of all, this is a stupid question.
Second, it's impossible. Before you could remove your processor, you'd have to pull of your heatsink. This would cause your processor to overheat and shutdown in less than a second before you coudl remove the processor. If you have an athlon with a motherboard that doesn't support the on die diode monitoring, your processor would commit sepuku before you removed it.
If you're talking about a slot A/1 processor, which you could remove, your system would just shut down/lock up.
I can't beleive you were wondering if your mp3s would continue to play if you pulled your processor out

 

[compuwiz1]

There are never any dumb questions...never, except this once. Congratulations!

 

[Corporate Thug]

if you remove anything from a PCI slot, the computer turns off. probably the same case here

 

[biostud]

You would get a magic kick in the but for beeing dumb.

 

[nageov3t]

it depends on the motherboard... I've used computers with no heatsink all the time. Not by choice, but sometimes, when all you need to do is see if a motherboard posts, finding and installing a heatsink is just too much of a pain in the ass. either way, were you to remove the CPU mid-operation, I'd expect to see an instant crash, and possibly a motherboard-frying power surge.

if you're talking about a PCI card... again, I've removed PCI cards when a computer is running. I've never had a problem because of it (thank god), but then again, it was only once and I had a total senior moment and forgot that the server I was working on was powered on. worst case scenario, you're looking at another possibly motherboard-frying power surge.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: loki8481
it depends on the motherboard... I've used computers with no heatsink all the time. Not by choice, but sometimes, when all you need to do is see if a motherboard posts, finding and installing a heatsink is just too much of a pain in the ass. either way, were you to remove the CPU mid-operation, I'd expect to see an instant crash, and possibly a motherboard-frying power surge.

if you're talking about a PCI card... again, I've removed PCI cards when a computer is running. I've never had a problem because of it (thank god), but then again, it was only once and I had a total senior moment and forgot that the server I was working on was powered on. worst case scenario, you're looking at another possibly motherboard-frying power surge.

No modern CPU will post with no heatsink, and any AMD product would instantly burst into flame. Unless you are talking about Pre-Pentium hardware, you are lieing.

 

[nageov3t]

P3's on Supermicro motherboards.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: loki8481
P3's on Supermicro motherboards.

Early Katmais? CuMines put out a lot heat... I personally fried a 733 celly doing exactly what you claim you did, On a supermicro board.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: loki8481
P3's on Supermicro motherboards.

Without a heatsink? For how long? Probably less than a minute.
I had a P2 300, on a Supermicro P6SLA board - the heatsink wasn't making good contact. That CPU went up to 60C+, and kept crashing. And that was just a P2.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: loki8481
P3's on Supermicro motherboards.

Without a heatsink? For how long? Probably less than a minute.
I had a P2 300, on a Supermicro P6SLA board - the heatsink wasn't making good contact. That CPU went up to 60C+, and kept crashing. And that was just a P2.

Yeah i was thinking the same thing, i dont think it was possible to do that with a P3, even the katmais with the offdie cache and small cores.

 

[PCTweaker5]

Originally posted by: nitromullet

Originally posted by: Thermistor
That doens't quite answer the question.

yes it does...

No it doesn't... He asked what would happen not if he should do it or not.

 

[boran]

man, no heatsinks is bulls*t no fan, okay, but even a 486 came with a heatsink.