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Do I need a new motherboard?

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  • Nex0
    Nex0 Posts: 913 Forumite
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    CHR15 wrote: »
    You try it superman. I've seen a CPU burn

    Power on..oh !!!!!!, power off.... too late.

    Well I dunno about these days but in the old days yes a few seconds was enough to screw my m8s amd athlon.
  • CHR15
    CHR15 Posts: 5,193 Forumite
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    maybe basmic can help you now.

    My opinion is the CPU is fried from what you say.
  • CHR15
    CHR15 Posts: 5,193 Forumite
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    Nex0 wrote: »
    Well I dunno about these days but in the old days yes a few seconds was enough to screw my m8s amd athlon.

    Agreed, all processors are run at different temps. AMD's generally run a lot hotter than Intels.

    I know for a fact I will not try it.
  • basmic
    basmic Posts: 1,043 Forumite
    CHR15 wrote: »
    You try it superman. I've seen a CPU burn

    Power on..oh !!!!!!, power off.... too late. Couple of seconds tops
    I would, knowing in confidence that the CPU would throttle it's clock speed.
    Everybody is equal; However some are more equal than others.
  • RobTang
    RobTang Posts: 1,064 Forumite
    basmic wrote: »
    I would, knowing in confidence that the CPU would throttle it's clock speed.

    Yeah usually down to zero with a quick power off, my Q6600 lasted 10 seconds with the cooler touching the cpu but not properly locked down, before the auto-shutoff kicked in. most desktops dont really cpu throttle anyway.

    The auto-offs are good these days, my q6600 is still working fine but I wouldn't do it on perpose
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