Thread: PC Has Died
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Old 08-09-2008, 22:57   #22
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Re: PC Has Died
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Originally Posted by dragon View Post
Unlike the earlier ones the modern CPUS tend to halt or slowdown if that happens rather than just go up in smoke.
I'm amazed at what some of the recent CPUs can tolerate. I had an AMD box recently with the cooler upside down and kicked up at one end. It couldn't have had more than a thin line of contact with the heat spreader and yet it didn't burn out. Incredible..
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