- Joined
- Sep 23, 2001
- Location
- Modesto, California, USA
I just got a new Athlon XP 1700+ last week to replace my 3 t-birds I lost 5months ago. I was talking on AIM with one of my friends and suddenly I hear a "PA-TINK!" from my case and my comp. crashes out of windows. I dove for the surge protector and shut off the power. I look in the case, and to my horror I see that my heatsink has POPPED off! I was very scared (my past history with cpu's has been horrible, I lost 3cpus to a defective mobo and didnt get a cent back from warranty) I sniffed the cpu and I didnt smell anything burnt. Then I looked at the core and it looked fine. I put it back in and it started up fine. I think that if this happens again it will be very hazardous to my health. I hope I can get some extra money and put together a cheap water-cooling rig for about $120 in a few months Then I wont have to worry about heatsinks flying off, I'll have water leaks in the back of my mind.
I know this post was stupid, I'm just like that sometimes -zero
I know this post was stupid, I'm just like that sometimes -zero