How likely is it that my cpu is fried?

marketpantry · Jun 20, 2011

So july of last her my computer started acting up and the motherboard died. I just checked the graphics card and it may have fried as well. do cpus fry often when the motherboard goes out?

spiritedandy · Jun 20, 2011

i would think its possible as its all conected but
no good guessing only way to find out is to test it

good luck hope it hasnt damaged it

tool_462 · Jun 20, 2011

Pretty unlikely. You didn't really expand on how the board "fried" but CPUs are pretty tough to kill.

marketpantry · Jun 20, 2011

spiritedandy said:
i would think its possible as its all conected but
no good guessing only way to find out is to test it good luck hope it hasnt damaged it

tool_462 said:
Pretty unlikely. You didn't really expand on how the board "fried" but CPUs are pretty tough to kill.

i figured out hoe to remove the cpu. are there any signs i can look at on a looks level to tell if its alright or not?

marketpantry · Jun 20, 2011

tool_462 said:
Pretty unlikely. You didn't really expand on how the board "fried" but CPUs are pretty tough to kill.

i booted it up one day and it crashed followed by a very bad smell. i tried turning it on again and it did get to the bios screen and then shut down. eventually it didnt do anything.

tool_462 · Jun 20, 2011

marketpantry said:
i figured out hoe to remove the cpu. are there any signs i can look at on a looks level to tell if its alright or not?

Not really, unless it has burnt pins/pads on the bottom. Unlikely though.

marketpantry said:
i booted it up one day and it crashed followed by a very bad smell. i tried turning it on again and it did get to the bios screen and then shut down. eventually it didnt do anything.

Sounds probably like the PSU gave up the ghost, which in turn can spike voltages and kill other components like motherboards and graphics cards. In my experience the CPU usually survives.

a c i d.f l y · Jun 20, 2011

tool_462 said:
Sounds probably like the PSU gave up the ghost, which in turn can spike voltages and kill other components like motherboards and graphics cards. In my experience the CPU usually survives.

This sounds like the culprit. Can't tell you how many times this has happened...

How likely is it that my cpu is fried?

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