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Friday 22nd, September 2006

Poor Processor

Filed under: Computers — Lilandra @ 6:45 pm

I did kill it!

I checked the processor pins.
They were bent.

*sob*

8 Comments »

  1. Yup, I had that happen to me too! It was awful! I thought it was broken beyond repair… one pin was bent; I was lucky, the chip still worked after I straighten it out. In the end, though, the fan stopped working while I was out, and it overheated. Now I only buy boards that have alarms built into them!

    Comment by Thomasso — Saturday 23rd, September 2006 @ 1:37 am

  2. alarms???
    ALARMS??

    WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ALARMS??????

    ARGH

    I can’t seem to unbend it. One of my students offerred to try so hopefully it’s not damaged beyond repair.

    *sob*

    Either that or buy cheapest 754 socket processor on newegg which is about $40!

    Comment by Lily — Saturday 23rd, September 2006 @ 1:49 am

  3. Hey Lily,

    Here is one of my old board’s manufacturer: FOXCONN, http://www.foxconnchannel.com/Product/motherboard.aspx

    Foxconn supplies most of their boars with “PC Health Systems” that more or less monitor the health of your PC by checking the PC Chip’s temp. voltage and usage rates. If, for example, the chip starts to overheat because the fan died, then it sends out an alarm. If the fan is working, yet the chip starts to overheat, then it sends more voltage to the fan to make it run faster.

    ASUS also has it on their main board, but you have to look for it–not all of their boards come with this feature! Buyer Be where!

    Comment by Thomasso — Saturday 23rd, September 2006 @ 2:59 pm

  4. Well, my BIOS has stuff that monitors voltage and fan speed and temperature…
    Did you mean an actual ringing bell alarm?

    Comment by Lily — Saturday 23rd, September 2006 @ 10:08 pm

  5. Yes! Mine sounds like a high pitched tone. Sort of like when you rub your finger along the rim of a whine-glass: same kind of tone.

    Comment by Thomasso — Sunday 24th, September 2006 @ 2:02 am

  6. Oh my.
    I don’t know or think mine has that.

    oh well! :)

    Comment by Lily — Sunday 24th, September 2006 @ 6:22 am

  7. you killed your Frankenstein -well maybe it was meant to be. A sign that your mechanical monster could turn out to be dangerous and burn down your parents’ house.

    Comment by Chennette — Monday 25th, September 2006 @ 10:23 pm

  8. NOOO
    I am replacing said processor.
    HMPH

    Comment by Lily — Monday 25th, September 2006 @ 10:24 pm

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