"Jaime Vives Piqueres" <jai### [at] ignoranciaorg> wrote in message
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> > overheated my CPU at 90 deg c, (the alarm went off), on line 39 of
> > 480........ wait for it....... 1 hour 27 minutes later!  :o(
>
>   Uh! If I were you, I will install as fast as posible a proper heatsink
> and fan to the CPU... 90C is way too high temp for any processor, and
> doing intesive CPU activity can give you a burned processor. Believe me,
> I know what I'm talking about... I burned my first AMD because the
> provider installed an undersized CPU fan. Now, the replacement one, with
> a proper fan, never reaches 50 deg C.
>
>   Take care!


       Thanks for your concern Jaime, I will. The fan is the proper one,
it's the heatsink that's the problem. The guy that put this motherboard in 6
months ago *did* mutter something about  "...the heatsink should be
alright". Huh! Guess who I'm seeing tomorrow....     >:o(

      ;)

   ~Steve~


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