"Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Early into the weekend I blew away my shiny new XP1800+ processor .. > > I heard a noise in my PC, and checked it out .. there was a floppy power > lead lightly touching the CPU fan (making a buzzing noise as the blades > rubbed it) ... but when I went to move the lead my finger hit the fan, took > a nick out of the end of my finger and broke one of the fan blades. That > blade ground in and prevented movement of the fan, so I took it out ... > Of course, the now off-center fan vibrated ... but in the 10minutes that I > spent trying to find a way to stop/steady the vibration must've been long > enough to kill the chip ... the machine no longer boots ... the POST card > says ... > > 00 > C0 > C1 > <pause> > 00 > C0 > C1 > <pause> > > etc > > What have I done to my chip? Surely not heat? Could the vibration of fan > with 7 of 8 fan blades been enough to kill it?
I guess it depends on how hot your cpu was running. Without an appropriately attached heatsink (In particular a sticker in between the heatsink and the processor) I have seen a processor fry. There are definentily some sensitive components in there. PC hardware dies. That is all I know for certain. Eric
