Noob Q About How To Tell If CPUS Damaged?

Grechie · 11-04-08, 09:47 PM

Hey guys, i started a thread about overclocking using the factory heatsink, im just wondering, since i got it pretty dam hot to the point the machine powered itself off (100+degrees), how would i tell if theres any damage done to the cpu?

It's powered off roughly 4 times all up when i was just messing around with voltages, but now im running stock clocks again and just want to know if its possible that ive done some damage somewhere?

Bman212121 · 11-05-08, 12:14 AM

Possible, but honestly it's probably okay. There is a reason why it shuts down when it does. This is a safety precaution to keep it from being damaged. If it were going to be damaged at that temp, they would probably lower the threshold.

Heat usually isn't the one to damage a processor, it's going wild with the voltages that can cause it to break. By wild I don't mean a slight bump, but more like a huge increase say by .5V or something.

einstein_314 · 11-05-08, 08:59 PM

Yeah, as Bman said, the shut down is there to protect it from damage. Not to let it get damaged then shut off. I'd say you're probably okay. Running it at extremely hot temps for an extended period of time (say just below the threshold of safety shutdown) will probably cause damage over time. But for short periods of time I don't see any side effects.

Definitely don't let that happen again though. Get some better cooling on that sucka!

Grechie · 11-10-08, 04:09 AM

thanks for the responses, temp problems fixed and the cpus fine, was able to run prime 95 and intel burn test over night and all was fine.

ViN86 · 11-10-08, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Grechie

thanks for the responses, temp problems fixed and the cpus fine, was able to run prime 95 and intel burn test over night and all was fine.

thank God for the auto poweroff

11-04-08, 09:47 PM	#1
Grechie Powered By nVidia Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 554	Noob Q About How To Tell If CPUS Damaged? Hey guys, i started a thread about overclocking using the factory heatsink, im just wondering, since i got it pretty dam hot to the point the machine powered itself off (100+degrees), how would i tell if theres any damage done to the cpu? It's powered off roughly 4 times all up when i was just messing around with voltages, but now im running stock clocks again and just want to know if its possible that ive done some damage somewhere? __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 \|\| XFX nForce 790i Ultra \|\| Corsair XMS3 PC10666 DDR3 2 X 2GB \|\| 2 x GTX 295 Quad SLI \|\| Antec 900 \|\| Thermaltake Tough Power 1200Watt

11-05-08, 12:14 AM	#2
Bman212121 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,726	Re: Noob Q About How To Tell If CPUS Damaged? Possible, but honestly it's probably okay. There is a reason why it shuts down when it does. This is a safety precaution to keep it from being damaged. If it were going to be damaged at that temp, they would probably lower the threshold. Heat usually isn't the one to damage a processor, it's going wild with the voltages that can cause it to break. By wild I don't mean a slight bump, but more like a huge increase say by .5V or something.

11-05-08, 08:59 PM	#3
einstein_314 w00t!! Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Victoria, BC Posts: 2,905	Re: Noob Q About How To Tell If CPUS Damaged? Yeah, as Bman said, the shut down is there to protect it from damage. Not to let it get damaged then shut off. I'd say you're probably okay. Running it at extremely hot temps for an extended period of time (say just below the threshold of safety shutdown) will probably cause damage over time. But for short periods of time I don't see any side effects. Definitely don't let that happen again though. Get some better cooling on that sucka! __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3.2GHz (9 x 355) w/ Swiftec APOGEE GTX Waterblock\|\| Asus P5B-Deluxe WiFi Edition eVGA 8800 GTX Superclocked Edition @ 675/1150 w/ DangerDen 8800GTX Waterblock\|\| 4x1GB Mushkin XP2 PC2-8500 X-Fi Fatal1ty 64MB \|\| PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750W \|\| Seagate 7200.10 320 GB \|\| Dell 2407WFP Logitech Z-5300 Speakers \|\| Sennheiser HD555's \|\| Logitech G7 \|\| Logitech G15 \|\| Windows Vista Ultimate x64

11-10-08, 04:09 AM	#4
Grechie Powered By nVidia Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 554	Re: Noob Q About How To Tell If CPUS Damaged? thanks for the responses, temp problems fixed and the cpus fine, was able to run prime 95 and intel burn test over night and all was fine. __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 \|\| XFX nForce 790i Ultra \|\| Corsair XMS3 PC10666 DDR3 2 X 2GB \|\| 2 x GTX 295 Quad SLI \|\| Antec 900 \|\| Thermaltake Tough Power 1200Watt

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