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will installing a potentially defective processor damage a motherboard?

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stradman

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see this thread
http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=32&threadid=1626394&enterthread=y
for specs and the story(hope the link works!)

anyway, I'm sending back a vid card, mb, and processor for refund. I'm buying a new mb from a local retailer, and I was thinking about installing the processor before returning it. If the processor is defective, will I damage the mb?

CLIFFS: Either a dead processor or mb yesterday, most likely mb. Buying a new mb, want to try processor in new mb, don't want to fry new mb. Should I do it?
 
I've never seen an instance where a bad CPU could damage a mobo. As long as there's no profound physical damage to the cpu that would cause a current/voltage feedback issue, you should be fine.
 
Anything is possible. If the CPU was badly damaged to the point where the voltage bus was shorted to ground, yes it could damage the mobo - and the PSU.

However that's unlikely.
 
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