Hi, I just had a call from a friend about his AMD K6II 400 crashing often. He tried to scan the disk, try installing win98 and what not. The computer was on all the time until I reached his place, for about 5-6 hrs.
And first thing I did was to open the chassis and check whether the HS/F is running. I wasnt!! Just as I touched the heast sink fins my fingers got burnt, leaving the marks of the fins on them. I guess it was about 90-95+ deg. celcius.
Now the machine dint even boot, I thought the CPU is dead, and I took it to my place to checkout on my K6II machine.
And would you believe it, this AMD cpu, running at 98 deg.C, for almost 5 hrs, was still working!!!
I ran a few tests from BCM diags and SiSoft Sandra, and found no problem with that.
Just read a post of somebost saying a CPU lasting for 10 seconds. This AMD K6II almost went through the hell for 5 hrs and came back absolutely fine.
Anybody with similar stories? Just as survey as to how much a CPU can be stressed practically!
girish
<font color=blue>die-hard fans don't have heat-sinks!</font color=blue>
And first thing I did was to open the chassis and check whether the HS/F is running. I wasnt!! Just as I touched the heast sink fins my fingers got burnt, leaving the marks of the fins on them. I guess it was about 90-95+ deg. celcius.
Now the machine dint even boot, I thought the CPU is dead, and I took it to my place to checkout on my K6II machine.
And would you believe it, this AMD cpu, running at 98 deg.C, for almost 5 hrs, was still working!!!
I ran a few tests from BCM diags and SiSoft Sandra, and found no problem with that.
Just read a post of somebost saying a CPU lasting for 10 seconds. This AMD K6II almost went through the hell for 5 hrs and came back absolutely fine.
Anybody with similar stories? Just as survey as to how much a CPU can be stressed practically!
girish
<font color=blue>die-hard fans don't have heat-sinks!</font color=blue>