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Don't Buy AMD
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halodude7
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4. February 2006 @ 13:03 |
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Don't buy AMD processors. They eat your motherboard.
I had an Athlon 3400+ X2, and one morning I awoke to find that my processor, fan, and heatsink were all black. I took the motherboard off, and underneath, there was a large black spot. The spot was where the processor was. I took off the heatsink, and the processor was fried to a crisp. It had also fried my motherboard, too. My 2 SLI chips were ruined!!!!! Now, i have an Intel P4 HT 3.4GHz. It is fine.
DON'T BUY AMD!!!!!!
I GOT A 360!!!!!
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Destra
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4. February 2006 @ 13:10 |
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I have only ever had AMD (since the AMD 486) and never had any problems. Probably the cheap MB didn't have an auto shutoff feature for when your CPU fan died and the CPU overheated.
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The_OGS
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4. February 2006 @ 15:00 |
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Hi, sorry about your loss ;^(
That sucks eh... Did you leave it on overnight? Geez, you're lucky you didn't have a fire!
I doubt you had an Athlon x2 64 chip though, they have really very sophisticated thermal management (much better than old ie. Thunderbird, which had basically none!)
The smallest x2 64 is XP3800+ model.
But yes, if you have a catastrophic cooling failure (and have not CYA) the result can be - a catastrophy!
To CYA you need to think professional, pro stuff is all alarmed and set (in BIOS) to shutdown on cooling failure, and more importantly the coolers are well-maintained.
You wouldn't believe some of the trashed CPU coolers I've seen! Really bad.
Tom's Hardware did the famous test where the AMD would burst into flames, LoL, first the cooler was disabled, then Windows crashed, then yikes!
The Pentium just kept running with no cooler, it clocked itself down (thermal emergency!) but you couldn't really tell, Windows didn't even crash. Amazing.
I remember thinkng: I wonder how many Pentium users there are out there whose computers are running 'slow'... meanwhile their CPU coolers have all secretly expired, LoL :^)
But I agree with Destra, and I hope halodude you will come back to AMD again - they have made great strides in this area and new models are much improved.
NOTE: tell me details! If you had a modern S939 nVidia nForce4 Ultra SLI motherboard with dual-core Athlon64 CPU, that shouldn't happen at all. You can set that to alarm, and then to shutdown.
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5. February 2006 @ 02:51 |
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you can turn computers off?
darn mine never goes off
my son says it prevents chip creak if you leave it on
seriously must have been a shock to find it burnt out mine is alarmed to prevent that happening good luck with your new one
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SypherTek
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5. February 2006 @ 02:55 |
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@ halodude7
you must have bought one cheap ass motherboard for that to have happened, either that or you didnt install your fan properly. my motherboard isnt exactly brilliant but it has an auto shut off feature for overheating and other failures
i very much doubt the AMD chip is to blame.. ive seen the exact same thing happen to intel processors before now, besides intel run hotter than AMD
Studio Comp: AMD Athlon XP 3200+ OC ~ 2.35GHz runs at 40 celcius idle and 48 under stress (aerocool GT1000 really works!), Asrock K7VT4A , 1024MB Dual Channel DDR 400, MSI Nvidia FX5200 128MB OC ~ 600MHz mem 350MHz core,80GB SATA + 200GB SATA + 120GB IDE, 7.1 Channel Soundblaster Audigy 2 Platinum EX sound and midi interface. 19" Sony SDM-HS95 TFT monitor - sweeet
Comp2: AMD Sempron 2400+ OC ~ 2.0GHz (Stable), Asrock K7S41GX, 512MB DDR 333, Onboard Graphics, 40GB Maxtor IDE
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WorkComp: LAPTOP, intel celeron D 2.4GHz, 256MB DDR, 20GB hd. NO SCREEN IT WAS SAWN OFF :S (bag of crap) This message has been edited since posting. Last time this message was edited on 5. February 2006 @ 02:56
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halodude7
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5. February 2006 @ 06:10 |
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My motherboard was a $250 Chaintech! I don't consider that cheap, but I did get an Intel motherboard that was on sale on a website. It cost $230, but it was like 40% off. I guess that's a lot more expensive. I also got a huge fan and heatsink.
My AMD was a 3800+. I had purchased a 3400+ to replace it, but I never did.
I GOT A 360!!!!!
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5. February 2006 @ 06:36 |
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What do u mean by 2 sli chips were ruined if it ruined ur graphics cards (im gussing) then i would say motherboard issue rather than AMD issue mate.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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halodude7
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5. February 2006 @ 06:57 |
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When the CPU fried, it also fried the motherboard, destroying anything on it (RAM, harddrive, dvd drive, PCI devices). Amazingly, the fan was still spinning when I found out. My PSU was not damaged at all. Plus, my XPS 600 has 2 3.8 GHz P4s and it hasen't Overheated at all.
I GOT A 360!!!!!
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5. February 2006 @ 08:35 |
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so are you saying that the AMD processor you were using at the time the burned was a 3800+ X2 or a 3400+. And i highly doubt it was the Processor that started the damage. My guess would be taht something shorted out or the motherboard never turned off.
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Distorded
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5. February 2006 @ 12:04 |
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Everything you said was unfounded. Have you ever actually taken time to explore what type of processor you have? Have you ever taken time to explore what the differences are between AMD and Intel? I think your post should be closed and you learn what you are talking about before you post.
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5. February 2006 @ 13:16 |
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i highly doubt that the cpu would do all the damage u have surgested purhaps this should be moved to safety valve.
System 1 :- Main PC: AMD XP 3200+ - OC Slightly 2.31Ghz, 1024 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive, 1 x 60GB Hard Drive, ATI 9600XT (256 MB)Graphics Card.
Laptop 1: 1GB DDR2 Ram, 100Gb Samsung HDD, ATI X700 128mb Graphics Card.
System 2: Downloading PC: AMD Sempron 2500+, 512 MB DDR PC2700, 1 x 40GB Hard Drive.
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MaZeRsX
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5. February 2006 @ 18:44 |
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ROFLMFAO I don't think you have a comp like that and it burns out everything unless u overclock or something cause i have amd forever......... and your mad lying Dell XPS 600 (Custom)
(2) 3.8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 HT Dual Core CPUs
XFX nVidia nForce4 SLI GPU w/ 1GB RAM
Intel XD955X Motherboard
4GB DDR2 PC3200 RAM
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Windows XP Professional x64
theres no such things as 4GB DDR2 PC3200 RAM its only PC4200 and up
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Distorded
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5. February 2006 @ 18:51 |
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What is this person doing to AD? I think he/she is working for Intel.
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ozzymary
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5. February 2006 @ 20:08 |
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i have an amd athlon 2400+ its a 2.0 ghz in my compaq works great........i wonder if i have that auto shutoff feature . how do i find out.they say amd runs real hot ??????? i wonder what manufacture the board is also .it looks to me to be an atx but cant figure the man.
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5. February 2006 @ 21:32 |
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should have seen his sig before he changed it. he had ddr 900 and had spent 42,000 on his puter..
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5. February 2006 @ 22:48 |
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@halodude7 -
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When the CPU fried, it also fried the motherboard, destroying anything on it (RAM, harddrive, dvd drive, PCI devices). Amazingly, the fan was still spinning when I found out. My PSU was not damaged at all. Plus, my XPS 600 has 2 3.8 GHz P4s and it hasen't Overheated at all.
- yes AMD chips run hot but if an AMD cpu went up in smoke it would burn your whole PC and your house too, not just selected components. Next time there's a lightning strike overhead, don't dangle your PC out of the window.
How about you buy a fire extinguisher, oh and your thread is more suited to Aesop's Fables than on a tech forum
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