- Joined
- Sep 19, 2001
- Location
- Houston, TX
my friend was messing around with his computer, re-setting the cmos and stuff, and had his hsf off his processor. he hit the on button, and i said nnnnoooooooooo!!!!!! luckily the computer was not plugged in. i told him he is lucky, because he would have fried his processor and his mobo. he said "ive done it before, and they (t-bird 1gig) don't get that hot that fast" i told him i have a video he should watch (thanks tom's hardware). he said "ill watch it later" i said, "say goodbye to your computer" he said "don't worry" THEN he plugged in his computer and turned it on for about 10seconds!!!!!!!!!! i should have tackled him before he did it, but i warned him. i saw the smoke come from the processor, and that was that. he said it was just the thermal paste burning off. i told him it was fried, and he still does not believe me! he wants to work with it he said. i told him to watch the video on how fast it will go, and he said later, i want to get my computer working first. i said good night, and i could not believe what i just saw. kind of sad actually, but then i always wanted to see it in person. good thing processors and motherboards are cheap, kind of.