"If you attempt to operate a CPU without heatsink at all, recent AMD CPUs will usually be permanently damaged within seconds, unless special protection circuitry is available on the motherboard. P4 CPUs will run excessively slow without cooler."
any truth to the 2nd part of this???
got it from www.heatsink-guide.com
P4 with no heatsink?
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Some years ago Toms Hardware tested out what happened when you removed the heatsink/fan while a computer was running. The P4 does apparently only slow down without a heatsink/fan, and does not crash or burn.
The full results are at
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20010917/index.html
The full results are at
http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20010917/index.html
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