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Originally Posted by babybunny
The bad thing is that it was already running on bare minimum. I just tried plugging in the retail HSF to the CPU power plug and it still doesn't work. I swapped out with my old and working video card but still no go.
How long can a CPU last when it has an empty waterblock on it?
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If installed correctly it should run for a long time with no water. Certainly will not cause it to burn up on start up unless it wasn't on correctly. Take it off and see if it has a solid imprint of thermal compound.