See those CPUs burn...

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Dunno whether this is a repost, but have a look at this vid:

The vid

You'll need DivX to view it.

Man, after watching that vid, I think I'll stick to an Intel since the temp here hovers around 34 celcius!

BTW, the file is 9MB in size.
 

TripleJ

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You might also want to put a modem warning with that as well. I don't think we need to see a movie length premier of a fried chip.
 

ugh

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<< You might also want to put a modem warning with that as well. I don't think we need to see a movie length premier of a fried chip. >>


Done ;) Should also mention that I saw this link over at The Inquirer.
 

Pocatello

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What a waste. I wish these people with extra CPUs would send me one of their 1GHz CPU.
 

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<< Dunno whether this is a repost, but have a look at this vid:

The vid

You'll need DivX to view it.

Man, after watching that vid, I think I'll stick to an Intel since the temp here hovers around 34 celcius!

BTW, the file is 9MB in size.
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yeah, i mean... my heatsink falls off my cpu on a daily basis
 

ugh

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<< yeah, i mean... my heatsink falls off my cpu on a daily basis >>


Not the heatsink, but the fan could fail.
 

ugh

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<< Repost, but it's an interesting watch, nonetheless. :) >>


I somehow knew it was a repost, but couldn't find the first post ;)

One thing I can't believe is how the mobo gets fried as well....
 

polypterus

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That's disheartening :( . But I've never had a fan fail, or a heatsink fall off ("check your hsf monthly,":confused: ). I don't understand why the motherboard fries though. That would suck.

dc
 

tgillitzr

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<<

<< yeah, i mean... my heatsink falls off my cpu on a daily basis >>


Not the heatsink, but the fan could fail.
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very true, but a fan failure, and remove the heatsink completely is a totally different scenerio

a more realistic test would be him unplugging the fan. The thunderbird would still likely fry, however the palomino's thermal diode would have enough time to react.
 

ugh

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<< a more realistic test would be him unplugging the fan. The thunderbird would still likely fry, however the palomino's thermal diode would have enough time to react. >>


Even w/o the fan running, I don't think the heat sink itself could dissipate that much heat by itself. Dunno bout the Palomino's diode. But the heat gets into the chip REALLY fast...
 

bandXtrb

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Yeah , "the hard truth" is right :eek:

Imagine if my fan fails or a cable pushes the heatsink off (it happened in a previous system).
 

Viper GTS

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I was VERY impressed by the P4's performance, Intel has a kick-ass chip on their hands, I can't wait for it to go to .13 micron.

Viper GTS
 

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<< I was VERY impressed by the P4's performance, Intel has a kick-ass chip on their hands, I can't wait for it to go to .13 micron.

Viper GTS
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w3rd up!

I love my P4, it works great and theres no way to really see just how good it is unless you use it everyday, its solid as a rock, good performer.

 

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My fan failed (and melted down), motherboard (MSI K7T Pro2A) and CPU
(Thunderbird 1400) survived the crash until I switched the machine
off next morning.
 

aphex

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Am i missing something? I downloaded the avi file, when i play it it starts playin some gay ass music.... hahahaha.. what the hell?
 

Electrode

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The people who made this video are SICK! How could ANYONE rip the cooler off of an Athlon and watch it fry like that? :(

Anyway, the part with the P3 confuses me. That CPU went south at 38 degrees, but my P3s run at about 50 degrees just fine. Does the presence of a cooler make that much of a difference?