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by **robbro** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 4:26 pm

Last nite i was clearning and tidying the wires, i must have forgot to plug in the wire for the cpu fan and turned it on then relised couple mins after

. then opened my pc quick, the heatsink was so damn hot, took it off and cpu had lil black dot on it

. Its working still but has the damage been done already im so stupid :shock:

, Rob.

by **Gecko** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 6:46 pm

If it's working you are soooooooooo luck!!!!!!!!!!

You have probability cut the CPU life span in half

by **Tank** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:34 pm

by **liljim** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 9:21 pm

Cant beat em' :wink:

by **robbro** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:16 am

so how long will it last now with the damage ?

Its an amd athlon XP 3200 (Barton core).

Thanks for replies, Rob.

by **Gecko** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 2:55 am

It's hard to say, it could last 5 years, just make sure it never see any thing over 70c again
The silicon can take some heat but where the pins are attached is where the damage will occur.

Like I said you are lucky

by **robbro** » Mon Jan 24, 2005 11:47 am

Yea dunno how i caught it in time , i think the zalman heat sink i got saved me because its all copper

that one above

so yea im lucky thanks geck

, Rob.

by **ColaBoy** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 7:46 pm

Size of THAT thing!!! :shock:

by **Tank** » Tue Jan 25, 2005 8:48 pm

That's nothin, should see the heatsink I got on my baby lol. It's 100% Copper, which takes the heat alot better.

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