• Amd CPU running with a pin missing! Is it safe ?
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Hi there FP, i got a quick question: I am currently running a second PC, its CPU has a missing PIN It runs good actually/it is stable .. Is it safe to run it ? Or shall i replace the cpu ?
In terms "safe" its not going to self combust or explode if that's what your worried about. I would stress test the CPU if its stable after afew hours then I would say it dosn't matter, however after stressing it blue-screens/locks-up/die's then it probably needs the CPU replacing. I doubt it would do any damage to the motherboard if its currently running happily.
What frosty said. As soon as shit starts occurring (slowdowns, FPS loss in games, increasing lag over time) will be the call for 'unsafe'.
Probably a ground pin. Some guy had like seven broken pins and he had no problems. Stress test, check temps. If it doesn't crash, it is fine. If anything is going to happen, it will happen when you start overclocking and overvolting.
after 2 hours of idling it .. the temp didnt go above 45°C.. Tested it a lot.. sudden power loss ... restarting it a million times. Now i need to stress test it with minecraft (thats the game i have on it atm :P)
Because the CPU can pull a ton of amps, large portions of the pins on a CPU are dedicated to power and ground. Breaking one of these pins will just result in the load normally being carried through it, being distributed amongst other power/ground pins. The remaining pins can generally handle the extra load, but may get warmer from a higher load running through them.
As dangerous as bent/broken pins are, they don't always condemn the CPU.
Been testing it at load since yesterday Minecraft running at 1920x1080 and high details. In Background: Steam Downloading DC universe, tf2 and css, also running firefox and mirc. I cant really test high detailed games because it only has a 8500 GT and a AMD X2 CPU. No bluescreen, No freezing Nothing ... its stable
Use this: [url]http://www.ocbase.com/index.php/16-occtpt[/url]. It is used by overclockers to test system stability. It will stress all cores on full load, and will warn you when shit will happen instead of actually letting it happen.
Hey man, i tested it.. the program shuts itself down after my cores reach 80°C .. could be poor airflow ? not sure cores go up to 80°C .. cpu doesn go above 45°C picture [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CAEFG.png[/IMG]
I'd personally just use it until it breaks itself. You really can't fix it even after you spend all the time testing, you'd only have to replace it, and if it does break it probably won't do any harm (except interrupt whatever you're doing so I'd do work/school related things on a different computer until you feel safe).
[QUOTE=cNova;37067991]Hey man, i tested it.. the program shuts itself down after my cores reach 80°C .. could be poor airflow ? not sure cores go up to 80°C .. cpu doesn go above 45°C picture [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/CAEFG.png[/IMG][/QUOTE] Shutting itself down at 80c is probably just a failsafe. I'm rather curious about the cputin and the cores. I've tended to a few dozen PC's and never seen a case of the core's reaching higher temperatures than the CPUTIN. Heck at this precise moment my cores are running at around 25C, whilst the CPUTIN is running at 35C I'd agree with the above poster, just run it normally until something bad happens. The more stress you put the CPU through, the more life it's going to lose.
That processor is great. I bought one myself in 2005 and still have it today in my media PC. It runs flawlessly after 7 years still. It does run pretty hot, it needs proper cooling. After years of being overclocked to 2.8 Ghz and usage as home PC, server and now media PC it has become pretty used and gets hot a lot easier. The stock cooling was not adequate anymore.
I dont get how this cpu can heat up so much in such a shurt time .. When i do the 100% load its going up to 90°C straight in like a couple seconds .. Is that even possible ?
So its me again .. After getting the temps up to 140°C .. the pc didnt turn itself off .. nothing happend the pc went normal .. I think those temp readings are wrong
[QUOTE=cNova;37079756]So its me again .. After getting the temps up to 140°C .. the pc didnt turn itself off .. nothing happend the pc went normal .. I think those temp readings are wrong[/QUOTE] Probably a broken sensor. Try HWmonitor to see if you get the same readings.
I used HWMonitor and a couple diff programs i could find on the internet .. always the same readings
If the heatsink is seated properly, you should be able to tell if it is really 80C by touching the heatsink :v:
yes i did touch it .. it wasnt hot .. you know you touch your gpus heatsink and you can feel the heat .. wasnt like that with the cpu heatsink :/ barely hot ..
Could the pin be somehow related to temp reporting maybe?
[QUOTE=itisjuly;37091175]Could the pin be somehow related to temp reporting maybe?[/QUOTE] Who knows...
Okay i think i've overdone it .. while playing d3 the pc turned off I think the cpu is done for :P Needs a "new" used 1
[QUOTE=cNova;37107218]Okay i think i've overdone it .. while playing d3 the pc turned off I think the cpu is done for :P Needs a "new" used 1[/QUOTE] Depending on where you live, I still got a Athlon 64 3200+ lying around with a few bent pins :v:
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