Did I damage my CPU???

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Spemsy

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Yesterday I got home from work and the heater was left on in the small room my computer is in. The computer was also running and had been running for a few hours or so. The room was hot - I'd say about 85 degrees farenheit but maybe more around 90ish. There was a high pitched whining coming from a fan, I think it was the processor fan but I'm not sure. I immedately rushed to the computer and shut it off, and then fired up it again to make sure it would do so. At this point I knew about BOIS but didn't know how to use it. I ran down the other computer and started searching to see if I could find out if computers shut down when they get too hot. Is this true?
After a while I found max running temperatures for processors similar to mine but not the exact model (Athlon 64 FX-57), which were around 60 degrees Celcius. I'm not sure of my processors peak temperature while it was super hot, and this is what worries me.
I asked my brother about BIOS and went back up to my computer. The radiator looking thing over the processor was quite dusty, so I blew it out. I fired up Oblivion to see if it ran correctly and it looked good. Then I reset and opened BIOS and found the temp readings. It said the CPU was constant at 49 Celcius and the motherboard a little lower than that. Is that high idle temp?
Later on in the night when it was cool I fired up BIOS again and watched the CPU temp rise to 45 C and then stop. I tried once again this morning and it was about the same.

Anyway, my questions are:

1: Even though the computer didnt shut down (which I'm assuming it would if it got too hot since the dang CPU was like $500) when it was super hot in the room, could I have damaged the CPU in any way?

2: Is my idle temp too hot? I could never find out my stressed temp.

3: Is there a way to view my stressed temperature?

4: Could other things have been damaged? (Such as my video card (ATI Radeon 9800 GTX I think it is) or the motherboard.)


I have 5 fans on my mid tower case - 2 big, 3 small. I'm not sure of the dimensions of the fans. The two big fans were blowing out, one on the side and one out the top. The three small fans were blowing in, two on the middle of the back and one at the bottom of the front. Should this be revised?

I eventually found temperature info on my processor, it said the max temp was 49 - 63 C. Why is there a range?

Thanks for reading.
 
I havnt had a AMD since the 486 CPUs.

I know intel will start shuting down if they get to hot but im not sure about AMD.
one of the OCers can tell you more about that.

run some benchmarks or tax the cpu with a game and see if you get any unusal errors or crashes.

i bet you ok if it was still running when you got home.
 
The new AMD's do shut down if they get too hot. The old Super A(? I think) and 486 sockets did not and would fry. You should be okay.
 
I watched that video on that one site where they tested both Intel and AMD cpus without heatsinks. None of the Intels underclocked themselves enough to stay alive and fried. However all the AMDs did just fine.

That is, if i remember correctly.

NVM, just watched the video again, it was the AMDs that ended up frying. Here is the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxNUK3U73SI
 
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Well, not for long periods of time. I think anything above 45c constantly is too hot. My CPU will run 46c at both cores fully loaded after about 1 hour but with only one core loaded is about 42c.
 
Yes... its alittle too hot. get some arctic silver 5 high density thermal paste, an aftermarket cooler, wattercooling, case fans.
 
Thanks, I'm ordering the Arctic Silver right now. Do you think a few months of running at this temp could have damaged it? I mean not a few months of constant running but a few months of normal use. Oh yeah, the only Arctic Silver I can find is OEM, does anyone know where I can find instructions on how to apply it?
 
are you guys kidding? a TON of computers IDLE at that temp, they almost never come to any damage because of that... so dont sweat it your computer isnt frying
 
I had mine outside in Palm Springs .. direct sunlight 126 degrees F never hurt a thing CPU got to 62 c still works yours should be fine
 
Any CPU should be able to take some major high temps before it really damages them. My old P4 ran up to 130c for a few minutes, until i figured out why it was running so slow. The heatsink wasnt strapped down so it wasnt touching the CPU at all, therefore was doing no good. Worked just fine after, even overclocked fine.

I believe CPUs are safe up to 200~c but not for any extent of time. The CPU itself could pry last up to 300~c before the chip starts to take physical damage.
 
Dual_Corex2 said:
I watched that video on that one site where they tested both Intel and AMD cpus without heatsinks. None of the Intels underclocked themselves enough to stay alive and fried. However all the AMDs did just fine.

That is, if i remember correctly.

NVM, just watched the video again, it was the AMDs that ended up frying. Here is the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxNUK3U73SI
Click to expand...

i would not be that dumb to **** with a motherboard while on :eek: . and my cpy coolers on old comptuers never came off that easy:confused: i would never put a psu in oil :O

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8shVDvMdo4&mode=related&search=

now this one is funny

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-8PlmZzg50&mode=related&search=:D
 
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