nearly made a BIG mistake

[JJ86]

just realised i left my CPU fan unplugged when i changed it :( if i hadn't been trying to explain to my mam why i've got thermal compound on my top i probs would of burnt out my new AMD 2500+, not good

ADVICE, ALWAYS CHECK YOUR CPU FAN :p

JJ:mad:

[crimedog]

that's why i always set my mobo to turn off at 60C ;)

[JJ86]

i hink i left mine at 80, i'll change it next time i turn on seeing as 85 is it's die temp

JJ:mad:

[Aslan]

Yep, mines set at 70, saved me once when I forgot to plug in the fan, still remember my mom screaming at me when the computer just spontaneously turned off. ;)

[DayUSeX]

lol ahha always double check everything, becuase its always teh small stuff that gets you

[JJ86]

lol @Aslan post

the smallest things seem to cause the biggest problems aswell i find,

JJ:mad:

[ookabooka]

Mine was set at 60 i believe, I had a friend of mine over playing, and then my computer just spontaniously shut off, no windows shutting down or blue screen, just pop, off. . . My friend had his food on my tubing for the water cooling, I have yet to shove it all in the case :)

[ayoung]

Just get a tornado:eek:

You'll always know if it NOT on!!

:D

[Constantinos]

Originally posted by ayoung
Just get a tornado:eek:

You'll always know if it NOT on!!

:D

I 2nd that notion.

[ChillPhatCat]

I got a no-name 50 CFM 80mm fan on my Heatsink and I know when it's on... I can hear it through my door in the living room... 55 dB is enough noise for me.

I would say you have a little headroom as long as you've got the heatsink on there... I didn't put my heatsink on correctly one time and I booted into bios and it was at 74*C needless to say it scared the **** out of me, but to no ill result.

[AZN]

i forgot to put a HSF on my althon once :eek: board autoshut off so chip was still alive thank god. this was almost 3 years ago, never had a mistake like that since.