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Fazed
10-28-01, 07:37 PM
You have all seen the video from tomshardware.com when the athlon burns itself up without its heatsink right?

Well http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/28/2139208&mode=thread has some new video that shows otherwise.

Regardless of all the bickering isn't the MP that Tom Tested and the new MP/XP different. IE afaik the new chips with organic packaging use less power and so would not burn up so quickly ? Also neither of the tomshardware test athlons have a thermal diode do they ????
Kendan
10-28-01, 07:40 PM
I have a thread on this too. I think it has something to do with the motherboard reading the internal temp diode.
Fazed
10-28-01, 07:42 PM
Sorry m8 did not see your thread
fatshlink
10-28-01, 07:43 PM
it odes have to do whith the mother board. and the one that tom's hardware used suposedaly had it, but it failed. it is not a reliable like the p4
Kendan
10-28-01, 07:46 PM
Yea how did he have a motherboard that supports reading of the internal diode if they don't make them. I am sure that it is an Amd Test board.
fatshlink
10-28-01, 07:48 PM
read the entire article, is suposedaly had it