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AMD Updates Overheating Guidelines
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Posted by: TotalRecall
There's been a lot of heat on the web about a video that Tom's Hardware released showing the effect that removing a heatsink from a P3, P4, and Athlon Thunderbird and MP while running Quake 3 had. In short, the Pentium's survived by shutting down and the Athlon's melted.
Just recently, Fast Clocking released a video (download locations on main page) that showed the Athlon's would not melt if combined with the right motherboard. Tom's Hardware researched into this with a visit to AMD, here's what they found:
Nevertheless, it must be said that the facts as shown in the video remain plausible and can be reproduced at any time. At the moment, none of the mainboard manufacturers offer a solution to this. Even highly reputable companies such as Asus and Gigabyte offer no support for this particular problem.
In other words: the electronic mechanism of the power supply goes into operation at temperatures starting at 85 degrees Celsius. This abruptly switches the mainboard off, along with all other components installed. (Note: They are referring to AMD's new guidelines)
However, this thermal protection mechanism does not function with mainboards that are currently available on the market. AMD only showed us how a Gigabyte board can be modified through an additional mainboard.
Tip: Don't remove your heatsink while playing Quake 3. 
Posted by: Ion Silverbolt
What a ****ing load of crap. Anyone who runs their processor without a heatsink shouldn't be fooling around with computer hardware anyways.
The only time that test may be significant is the .00001% chance your heatsink will pop off when you move your PC.
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