My processor went too hot for an instant on boot ¿it is still safe?

[MasterGeekMX]

Hi there. A few months ago I was making a routine clean of my pc, and as always the CPU heatsink is the most dusty part, so I disconnected the fan, but by my own regrettable silliness I forgot to plug it back, so when I was done of cleaning and started the computer, the poor processor run like 10-13 seconds without fan, just heatsink. Quicky I became aware of this and I'd pull the cord off. I let the PC with no energy for a bit to cool down and I started and cheked the BIOS info. like 72 ºC was.

Nowdays the PC works well: no sudden restarts or spontaneous turn-offs, and the processor makes his work, but i'm concerned if this could affect it in some way, and if I can make a bit of overckocking when I get a kiquid cooler. Mainly because when I run demanding task such as rendering, the CPU clock downs a bit, instead of going up as supposed, but I think this is by some BIOS configuration.

BTW, the CPU is an AMD FX-6300 with stock cooler. I said that is supposed to go further becasue is tatet that this processor works at 3.5GHz but in workload can go to 4.1GHz. And today I replaced the thermal compound with a Cooler Master one.

 

[ThatVietGuy]

Not having a fan is fine - as long as the heatsink was there to transfer heat away from the CPU the chip should be fine.

And if there was damage you would have most likely caused damage then and there, it wouldn't pop up down the road.