AMD - Suicide of a Duron

[Darren337]

Extreme AMD Overclock Suicide (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5393904704265757054&q=AMD+duron+vaporizing)

This video is obscene and kind of amazing. All I will say is NEVER let your system run with a fan failure. ESPECIALLY when overclocked.

AND UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU LIFT THE HEATSINK OFF THE CPU WHILE THE COMPUTER IS ON. O_o

[Felonious Funk]

"It exlplode!"

"What happened?"

For a guy that just lost his CPU, he didn't sound upset at all.

[Darren337]

"It exlplode!"

"What happened?"

For a guy that just lost his CPU, he didn't sound upset at all.

im betting since they had the computer basically as a pile of parts on a table, he wasnt worried. it was a duron. the highest power duron i know is 1.3GHz stock.

he said it was doing 3.8 before he lifted the heatsink. pretty incredible huh?

[Felonious Funk]

Indeed, it is. That's one tough chip.

[Lupin the Third]

haha that's funny but i wonder if he had anything on the hd?

[DragonBlade]

HD shouldnt be affected. The motherboard is dead for sure though since it has a hole :). The CPU chip is also obviously busted. The rest should be reusuable like HD, Ram, Vid card, extras

[Jinchuu]

*lol*
"There is a hole!"
haha the explosion even made a hole in the desk.

[SumpfFuchs]

that chip shouldnt have exploded, it should have fried in place, and it should never have reached that point with not even a heatsink fan running, with this stuff pointed out, i have a hard time believing that it actualy exploded on its own because of being overclocked too high.

[DragonBlade]

I agree with Sump. It should of melted right there. Doesnt really make sense for a chip to pop out like that. Especially when the fan wasnt even running.

[SumpfFuchs]

if you look closely at the motherboard, i dont even see any motheboard lights on, and if youve ever put a computer together, you know that there would be no way a chip because of overheating could build up enough pressure to pop out like that, my opinion is its setup, and the chip was probably rigged.

[Jinchuu]

They could easily place smt. under the table to make an explosion, that might explain the hole in the desk as well.