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My Ultra 120 somehow managed to dislodge itself (I guess... it seemed pretty secure to me), and I didnt notice till I glanced at MBM after hours of Supreme Commander and realised my CPU was hitting 80 (!) degrees ... and I guess it had probably been pretty sustained around that level, maybe even higher given I saw it when I flipped out of SC.
I've cleaned off the thermalright goop with ArtiClean 1+2 and applied some Arctic silver 5 instead, and made sure the heatsink is well secured (again). Temps are back to 33 degrees idle and 54 max.
Am I likely to have kefrazzled the CPU?
I've cleaned off the thermalright goop with ArtiClean 1+2 and applied some Arctic silver 5 instead, and made sure the heatsink is well secured (again). Temps are back to 33 degrees idle and 54 max.
Am I likely to have kefrazzled the CPU?
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heres a test that i created when a similar event happened to my P4 tower...turn it off, remove the heatsink, pop out the processor, and check the edges of the silicon. if any edges look like they're starting to seperate, you've got yourself a problem.
if all the edges look fine and crisp [you just need a visual] then theres nothing to worry about, however, if a processor reaches that temp, no matter what goes on, you're gonna want to check it, 80 is blazing hot, my old PII Xeons ran that hot once, ever since i chill them as much as i can.
if all the edges look fine and crisp [you just need a visual] then theres nothing to worry about, however, if a processor reaches that temp, no matter what goes on, you're gonna want to check it, 80 is blazing hot, my old PII Xeons ran that hot once, ever since i chill them as much as i can.
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How did you look at the die on a P4? I thought all of them had a metal heatspreader can on top of the die.bonestonne wrote:heres a test that i created when a similar event happened to my P4 tower...turn it off, remove the heatsink, pop out the processor, and check the edges of the silicon. if any edges look like they're starting to seperate, you've got yourself a problem.
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http://balusc.xs4all.nl/srv/har-cpu-int-pd.php
Here are some pictures of CPUs with the heatspreaders removed, so you can see the actual silicon dice underneath.
Here are some pictures of CPUs with the heatspreaders removed, so you can see the actual silicon dice underneath.
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