GH
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 Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:26 pm Post subject: I wonder whether my CPU is permanently damaged ? |
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I was napping in the bedroom where the PC is kept on a desk I heard a
noise like something falling off a shelf.
I looked up briefly could not see anything, so I put my head back down.
Within about 7-15 seconds, (it's hard to recall, I was sleepy), the PC
shuts down
I have some vague idea that the UPS or the PSU has had some sort of
circuit breaker trip, so I try powering up the PC.
It gets as far as the bios information screens, then shuts down. I try
again, it gets a little further and just starts to boot,
then shuts down again. I tried powering it up a third time, drives
whirr as before, it gets to a certain point in the middle of the
boot screens then shuts down.
Then I do what I should have done before this point in time: I open the
case. The plastic lugs on the CPU retention socket have sheared away.
My Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro has fallen off and is sitting on top of
my video card. My CPU bare to the elements.
The CPU is an S939 Athlon 64 4200+ X2, installed in a DFI Infinity
Nforce4 mobo.
The HSF combo was installed just under 2 years ago, I imagine the
strain over time on the lugs has taken till now to show.
I've ordered a new CPU retention socket, should arrive tomorrow.
What do you reckon my chances of needing a new CPU are? The BIOS seemed
to be shutting the CPU down properly when it was
detecting overtemp. It isn't just sitting there bleeping, although I
can't really test it untl tomorrow when I get a new CPU socket, unless I
get creative with some fuse wire and duct tape :-)
Regards,
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John Kortink
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| Posted: Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:40 pm Post subject: Re: I wonder whether my CPU is permanently damaged ? |
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On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 15:26:50 +0000, GH <HERE@THELAPTOP.COM> wrote:
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What do you reckon my chances of needing a new CPU are?
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Almost 0, since you need a working CPU to see the BIOS
screens, and in general a CPU either works 0 or 100% ...
John Kortink
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