I wonder how long that chip lasted.

Seebs · Feb 21, 2012

I've seen some bone headed things done inside computer cases, but this one just takes the cake.

I would have paid money to be in the room when he fired up the computer only to have the CPU explode just a few seconds later. The look of horror on his face would have been glorious.

fcomstoc · Feb 21, 2012

That is insane. I cannot believe that someone would make that mistake. I can't imagine that CPU lasted long

SolidxSnake · Feb 21, 2012

Realistically, Intel CPUs have emergency shutdown, so nothing would happen. Funny pic though.

fcomstoc · Feb 21, 2012

SolidxSnake said:
Realistically, Intel CPUs have emergency shutdown, so nothing would happen. Funny pic though.

That's true I forgot about that.

corruption · Feb 21, 2012

The chip would survive...it would throttle itself until pushed and then it would shut down to prevent a thermal event. I've actually run my old Pentium 2200 without a heatsink and it lived without an issue. (I was trying to kill it....bloody thing wouldn't die....long story....)

If this was a Socket A or Socket 478 chip it would have been mighty smokey as all the "magic" escaped from the chip.

wagex · Feb 21, 2012

hey i have that same motherboard

keny · Feb 21, 2012

Loving the heat sink on the rear of the case :rofl:

Rattle · Feb 21, 2012

rofl took me a second to notice the HS on the rear of the case

thebski · Feb 21, 2012

Holy crap I just noticed the heatsink on the back of the case. I read on a forum not too long ago that a guy thought he would go ahead and load up Windows and just get things set up while he was waiting on his H100 for his new 3930K.....

He actually got several minutes into the Windows installation before the 125C thermal switch just shut it down. I never did go back to see how that one turned out.

I guess I could see that one because the 3930K ships without a heatsink, but to mount the heatsink in the wrong place....Wow.

notarat · Feb 21, 2012

keny said:
Loving the heat sink on the rear of the case

Case temps must be hella low, huh?

I wonder how long that chip lasted.

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