That the issue on Amd AthlonXP series with Artic Silver 3 which being replace by Artic Silver 5. It was 3 years back .
It all because Artic silver 3 is conductive and by accident it can short circuit your processor. My old 0322XPWM dead because of it. But due to this incident, ppl learn to apply Artic silver the right way..not squeeze as much as posible on the core.

If you dont believe me, get some AS3 and apply a little bit on your graphic card board behind. Perhaps if you connect the right one..you can Vmod your card.

This post has been edited by Cyclone87: Jul 13 2006, 11:21 PM