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10-25-2001, 07:30 AM

Tom's Hardware did a special on what happens if you remove the heatsink from an active loaded processor... check it out here http://www4.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q3/010917/index.html

They have a neat video of what happens... http://www4.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q...tvideo-05.html (you'll need DivX, theres a link to grab it)

For those too lazy to click, heres what happened.

P3- proc shuts down and system locks up, needs reboot. Nothing burnt.

P4- proc throttles back as evidenced in Q3 slowdown, system keeps going, nothing burnt.

AMD Athlon T-Bird and AthlonMP: Core meltdown almost immediately (within 1sec of pulling the heatsink). Tbird measured at 350°. You should note that the light-colored stuff you see around the CPU core on the AMDs is not a melted core, but burnt thermal goo.

10-25-2001, 07:30 AM	#16
IronHelix Guest Posts: n/a	Tom's Hardware did a special on what happens if you remove the heatsink from an active loaded processor... check it out here http://www4.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q3/010917/index.html They have a neat video of what happens... http://www4.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q...tvideo-05.html (you'll need DivX, theres a link to grab it) For those too lazy to click, heres what happened. P3- proc shuts down and system locks up, needs reboot. Nothing burnt. P4- proc throttles back as evidenced in Q3 slowdown, system keeps going, nothing burnt. AMD Athlon T-Bird and AthlonMP: Core meltdown almost immediately (within 1sec of pulling the heatsink). Tbird measured at 350°. You should note that the light-colored stuff you see around the CPU core on the AMDs is not a melted core, but burnt thermal goo.