Anyone have experienced burned proccessor due to overclocking but still under a safe temperature and vcore?
And burned proccessor can successfully RMA?

If u oc it,then the warranty is not valid anymore..

not really. theres a limit u can oc.
for Core2duo or quad:
vcore for 45nm proc, max limit 1.35v, for 65nm proc, max 1.5v.
vtt for 45nm proc, 1.45v , for 65nm proc , max is 1.55v

my source: intel processor datasheet from their website.


proc died even safe temp and vcore??? i found 1 article.

read HERE

This post has been edited by k!nex: Nov 16 2008, 06:18 PM

As long as the CPU died within specs of the datasheet, the RMA will be accepted, unless there is physical burns, damage, pin broken etc etc

EDIT

Sorry

This post has been edited by SkyNet000: Nov 16 2008, 06:36 PM

That's because they set the VTT too high..

Bro what r the signs of damage/dead proc due to OC? I have a prob also with my rig now that it wont boot-up. I've troubledshoot everything else except mobo & proc only...

This post has been edited by one3rd: Nov 16 2008, 08:13 PM

i've burned two e8400's c0..
the contact area was totally black
the C0' was under the safe temp

and one x2 which just died.. burn no sign of burn mark..

and no u cant rma...

its like shooting somebody and holding a gun towards the cop and saying i am innocent

but if theres no burn mark u can

did it last time for a pentium D 820

This post has been edited by cstkl1: Nov 17 2008, 01:07 AM

just wanna ask... it is a mobo / proc has their self protect from this kind of disaster rite??? like when over overclock, it will not reboot or produce beep beep sound.... it is happen in gigabyte mobo.. but i dunno about other brand mobo...

Actually i wanna ask more about the experience.I plan wanted to overclock my proccessor for 24 hour use. 2.5Ghz -> 3.6Ghz ( 1.200Vcore -> 1.3125 Vcore ). I worried this o/c will cause my proc died before my next upgrade due to long term o/c.
BTW if burned internally , can they found out we did o/c to the proccessor since it have no memory inside? ( If no sign of physically burned )

seldom heard of Processor died due to OVER OVERCLOCK !!!

If you are not careful it can happen. That is why it is a good idea not to let the Voltage settings to auto in the BIOS.

The FSB VTT, VCore are the most important

that is right ! FSB VTT + Vcore = Must up with Attitute

I've an old Athlon 1800+ which i OC sampai burnt AND MELTED. No kidding. Part of the chip melted already. Partly also my fault coz i put a low speed FAN which is queit but obviously can't take the heat...LOL. Anyway, it was due time to upgrade then. No worries.

my E2140 died. and RMAed.

no burn. now the processor is just sitting there until i get another LGA775 board.

lacking PSU and mobo now. damn.

Non of my processor die from extensive oc,like 1.7xvcore and still alive and kicking ass,well,depend on do you define a bad chip as kicking ass
As long as no physical damage,you could rma it without hassle

from pentium 3 coppermine-> pentium 4 northwood C-> core 2 quad, so far never killed a proc.
but it was just minor OC. the P4 used 1.6Volts(original 1.525) 24/7 throughout its lifetime and its never off abt 1 year coz botting online games.after 5 years++ of usage den i change to C2Q, the p4 chip still functioning just its obsolete for current games.

lmao, nice example. how did it got burn then? ur E8400

I just got a C2D processor from this forum which have few darken color contact pads but still can run. Is that the burn mark?