This may be in the wrong forum, so feel free to move it. Anyhow I have a question. What are some of the things that can damage a processor? Just curious.
heat and installing a heat sink wrong(cracking the core)
also to much voltage to the CPU
Can the too much voltage( in this case something pulling too much voltage that would cause a CPU to go bad) come from other sources in the computer besides the power supply?
almost always the CPU's voltages are regulated by the motherboard if the mother board is set to 1.5v thats what it supplies to the CPU no more no less, i belive you are refering to a "brownout" of power to the CPU, which ive never encountered, thats not to say it its not possible, just not probable
as far as overloaded, all processors get overloaded, thats why old computers are so slow, and why you would want alot of RAM in your computer, the more ram you have the more data can be stored up to send to the processor for processing, the processor ( depending on what type you have, all do the same this but they all or it differently, kinda like gasoline engines and desiel engines ) can only process a few items at a time, then it polls new data from ram into the processor.
so to answer the question, all processors get overloaded if they reach 100% usage, but it wont hurt anything, the biggest culprit to CPU dieing is heat, the more %usage a processor is using the hotter it gets, also a reason why CPU coolers are rated to specific speeds.
Hey, thanks for all the great advice. This will really help in the future since I like to build my own computers. In fact, I've been a lot happier with the computers that I have built than store boughten ones.
My first homebuilt computer was just a slow ATs in comparison to the homebuilt ATX I'm using now. I will be able to upgrade this computer for years to come. But my first homebuilt came to a point where I really couldn't upgrade it anymore. It was one of those jobbies that you set under the monitor. I built my first computer in a Mega Systems case.
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also to much voltage to the CPU
Can the too much voltage( in this case something pulling too much voltage that would cause a CPU to go bad) come from other sources in the computer besides the power supply?
And can a CPU become overloaded?
as far as overloaded, all processors get overloaded, thats why old computers are so slow, and why you would want alot of RAM in your computer, the more ram you have the more data can be stored up to send to the processor for processing, the processor ( depending on what type you have, all do the same this but they all or it differently, kinda like gasoline engines and desiel engines ) can only process a few items at a time, then it polls new data from ram into the processor.
so to answer the question, all processors get overloaded if they reach 100% usage, but it wont hurt anything, the biggest culprit to CPU dieing is heat, the more %usage a processor is using the hotter it gets, also a reason why CPU coolers are rated to specific speeds.
My first homebuilt computer was just a slow ATs in comparison to the homebuilt ATX I'm using now. I will be able to upgrade this computer for years to come. But my first homebuilt came to a point where I really couldn't upgrade it anymore. It was one of those jobbies that you set under the monitor. I built my first computer in a Mega Systems case.