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cpu burned out.. how?
Name: ARUN Date: February 18, 2009 at 02:47:52 Pacific OS: linux Subcategory: Intel
Comment:
my processor is 1.7/256/400/1.75v and my mother board is tpm p4 and RAM is RIMM type RAM . one day there is one probelm there is no display boot at all/ so i open the pc and i check my SMPS but its fine then i short two pins(not compact)that time there is high heat on the wire i felt bad small. then i check my processor, centre of the cpu in balack colour,meant burned out, how its possible hoe cpu burned? what are the reasons fpr this?,,,,,
Name: jam Date: February 18, 2009 at 04:53:03 Pacific
Reply:
Are you sure the CPU is burned out? It's very difficult to burn out a P4. It has built-in thermal protection circuitry which will *usually* shutdown the system long before it get's hot enough to fry.
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