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blkgt01

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So i was servicing the fans on my old machine just to make sure it doesnt burn up pulled off the cpu fan all the intake exaust fans and lubed them up good cleaned out the dust etc. Anyways i fire up the thing windows runs for like 5 min and then it restarts posts tries to boot but cant, i try 2 more times nothing. I have a temp reader in one of my bays and i was like wtf is it getting hot or something to find out my cpu temp is 95*C i immedietly pulled the power plug opened up the side door to find a heatball comming to my face and the fan melted on the heatsink :eek: I put the fan the wrong way on and it was not cooling it. I let it cool off a lil bit flipped the fan around boom works. I did never think that these processors can handle ~90*C and not fry.
 
damn, lucky man. I never would have thought that having the fan on the wrong way would make that much of a difference.
 
Originally posted by Jrmicon
damn, lucky man. I never would have thought that having the fan on the wrong way would make that much of a difference.
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neither would i, i even seem hsf reviews where they try the fan on the wrong way to see if it makes any improvement (it does on some, not many though)
 
yet another kudos goes out to AMD for making one helluva processor, those old Tbirds were heat monsters in the first place...mine sat @ 60C idle for the longest time and i played CS, UT2K3, D2, and numerous other games on it no prob...you got lucky tho 95C = fackin hot(you didnt actually think i was gonna convert that did you? =b)
 
almost hitted the temperature where you'd converted that thunderbird into a thunderbird black edition :D
 
the fan spinning the wrong way shouldnt have may the big of a difference... if it was spinning... it sounds more to me like it got stuck and wasnt moveing at all ... just my 2¢

thore
 
They were actually rated up to 85/90C depending on the chip.

I had an XP1600 up to 108C :eek:

An experiment that I forgot about :p

'I wonder how hot this chip will get if I unplug the 3 pin fan header...' ;)

(and it still worked afterwards)
 
Originally posted by thore
the fan spinning the wrong way shouldnt have may the big of a difference... if it was spinning... it sounds more to me like it got stuck and wasnt moveing at all ... just my 2¢

thore
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Roger that. Sounds like the reversed blades were sticking. Some Swiftech heatsinks are designed for fans that suck rather than blow. It wouldn't have caused that much heat.

I torched many an innocent Tbird, usually the insulation around the core would melt off before the chip itself bought it. 90 C is really pushing it. Glad it survived :)
 
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