RE: Overheating CPUs...

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

Ah yes but the Athalon processor hit 360degrees C (and more) within a
couple
of seconds ... no motherboard monitoring can track that!

In fact the first (non palomino) Athalon actually trashed the motherboard
too because it got so hot...

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 10 October 2001 10:35
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Overheating CPUs...
>
>
> Most newer motherboards which have hardware monitoring features built
in
> will allow you set a threshold temperature in the PC BIOS, which
> will turn
> the PC off of the CPU overheats.
>
> Paul G.
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Don McAllister" <donmc@xxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Overheating CPUs...
> >Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 09:59:33 +0100
> >
> >This is all a bit worrying when leaving machines on 24x7 from a
safety
> >aspect ie likelyhood of fire if a fan falls off a processor. I
> have several
> >machines left on 24x7 in my office at home and now feel slightly
nervous.
> >
> >Don
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Ian Lowe [mailto:ian@xxxxxxx]
> >Sent: 10 October 2001 09:25
> >To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> >Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Overheating CPUs...
> >
> >
> >Thats really a rather narrow view Mark, and reflects AMD as a
company
> >before
> >a lot of the movements in the Semi industry. When IBM stopped
fabbing x86
> >procesor cores, a lot of their guys moved to AMD for instance, and
I
> >understand a couple of teams shifted from Nat Semi to AMD also..
> >
> >In particular, AMD's Dresden fab (the one that makes the AXIA-Y
series
> >Athlon procs) is considered the leading facility in the world,
> and produces
> >yields in the high 80% range, as opposed to Intel's Irish fab,
which I
> >understand was managing somewhere around 50%-60%
> >
> >There was extensive coverage of the fact that Intel had to abandon
their
> >policy of underrating CPUs, simply because they were unable to
> produce the
> >higher rated ( >1GHz ) procs at an economic yield level.
> >
> >Whether you want to just run win2K as a desktop, or play games
(the
> >ultimate
> >system load) Thunderbird Athlon procs can the absolute pants off
> of Pentium
> >III or 4 dies at the same clock.
> >
> >As for reliability in normal use? (ie, not a failure condition) I
have
> >noticed no difference....
> >
> >Not to mention that if it fails, a top line 1.4GH Athlon T-Bird
> is selling
> >now for £75 rather than £399 for the 2.0 Ghz P4 (with equivelant
> >performance
> >in 3D Mark 2001)
> >
> >Ian.
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Mark Hetherington" <mark.egroups@xxxxxxx>
> >To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2001 12:53 AM
> >Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Overheating CPUs...
> >
> >
> > > I see AMD are consistent in their ineptitude.
> > >
> > > After the whole AMD 486 debacle (where they ran all chips
> full speed or
> > > overclocked compared with Intel undercloking chips where
they
> could not
> > > guarantee performance and reliability) I have always been
wary of AMD.
> >"You
> > > get what you pay for" was never more true.
> > >
> > > Since I get some upgrades "free" I was talked into
an Athlon
> over Intel
> >a
> > > year ago and have nothing good to say about the experience
even on the
> > > "ideal" motherboard for the Athlon (I won't go
into detail
> since I would
> >be
> > > here all night to do so). Finally external evidence to show
my qualms
> > > confirmed :)
> > >
> > > One thing about high powered chips, when they go, they
> literally go with
> >a
> > > bang. A guy at work, the PSU fan and CPU fan failed
simultaneously
> > > ultimately resulting in chip meltdown. On replacement of
seemingly
> > > appropriate parts on the workbench, at next power up, every
IC on the
> > > motherboard blew together with the ICs on the IDE drives and
Graphics
> >card.
> > > Quite a bang and there are still chip "chips"
embedded in the
> partition
> >wall
> > > of the old Net Admin room :)
> > >
> > > Mark.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 10 October 2001 00:36
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [ukha_d] Overheating CPUs...
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > There's a great AVI on www.tomshardware.com showing what
happens when
> >the
> > > heatsink fails (i.e. falls off) on a 2Ghz P4, a 1GHz PIII
and
> a 1.4Ghz
> >and
> > > 1.2Ghz "Palomino" Athalon...
> > >
> > > ...I hate to say it but the Intels were protected against
the sudden
> > > temperature rise and either clocked down massively or hung
> but survived
> >...
> > > the Athalons however failed *BIG TIME* and smoked reaching
360deg C or
> >more!
> > >
> > > It's the funniest 10Meg download you'll have seen in a
while...
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >
> > >
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