I almost lost my comp !!

[minoukat]

ok, I was playing a game on my Compaq, and suddenly I heard a big noise (kindda like a dropping noise). I was like "what the h*** is that !". About 2 seconds after the sound, my comp reboots by itself, so I shut it down to know what it was (the noise came from inside my case). So I open it up, and there, lying on the HD (which is in the bottom of the case), is the Heatsink ! So I check the CPU quickly, and it was still ok (the entire operation was about 4 seconds long, from the noise to the shutdown). So I put it all back together, and it still works ! (thank god !). What I think happened is about a week before, I removed the CPU to check the mobo model (it's a P55TC or P55CT), but I think I forgot to reclip the HSF. The Epoxy glueing it to the Heatspreader must have crapped out and the HS fell off !

 

[DOCTOR EVIL]

If your ancient late 20th century K6-2 450Mhz would have been burned alive would you finally get that thing upgraded to early 21st century technology?

 

[minoukat]

Maybe, a couple of month later ...

 

[Matthew1001]

Compaqs are worthless.

 

[Yodums]

Your saved!!!

hehehe, now make sure that never happens again!

 

[NASsoccer]

well of course we are all glad to know that is still works. even though i know it won't- i would hate to think what would happen it my swifty hit my gf3

 

[Starfoxer]

im glad i got my system shut down thing in the bios. is that
what saved your CPU? mine is set at 50C cuz it should never
be that high anyways

 

[The Coolest]

I once ran my K6-III w/o a heatsink for couple of minutes... but I never let it run windows. I just paused it on the POST screen. after I turned it off, I even could touch it (the CPU)...

 

[DanFraser]

I once ran my K6-III w/o a heatsink for couple of minutes... but I never let it run windows. I just paused it on the POST screen. after I turned it off, I even could touch it (the CPU)...

I remember the days of my 486DX-2 processor... no heatsink or fan, and you touched it and it was still cool!

 

[David]

I remember the days of my 486DX-2 processor... no heatsink or fan, and you touched it and it was still cool!

I have a P120 hanging around about here - just has a small HS - no fan.

*Sigh*
The days of passive cooling

 

[minoukat]

im glad i got my system shut down thing in the bios. is that
what saved your CPU? mine is set at 50C cuz it should never
be that high anyways

No, the BIOS on my mobo doesn't have an option to shutdown after a specific temperature. Maybe it was because of Win2k (the "Reboot" option if it's about to get a BSOD), or because the floppy power connector got loose (donno how, but when I opened the case, it was sitting there freely !). Whatever happened, I'm happy it did happen !