How many CPU's have failed on you?

danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
edited June 2003 in Hardware
I have had just one, a K6-2 500 back in 1999 that died probably because I didn't have any heat sink past on the heat spreader under the HSF.

I have had these processors:
Cyrix MII PR300 - 233MHz, April 1999 - Nov 1999
AMD K6-2 500 - Nov - Dec 1999 (this is the one that died, and to replace Cyrix because it was too slow)
AMD K6-2 500 - Dec 99 - Sept 2001 (Becomes part of parents computer in Sept 2000 and sold to someone at Icrontic in 2001, status is unknown)
AMD Duron 600 - Sept 2000- April 03 (Went into parents computer in Sept 2001, now is owned by a fellow Icrontian)
AMD Thunderbird 1.4GHz - Sept 2001 - Aug 2002 (now owned by someone I knew in the Air Force at Tech School)
AMD Athlon XP2000 1.67GHz - Aug 2002 - current (Now in parents computer - April 2003)
AMD Athlon XP2600 2.08GHz - Feb 2003 - current
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  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited June 2003
    Dan your posting about cpu's in the hard disk forum. I know this forum stuff is really confusing for ya at times but....

    Tex
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2003
    None so far but I have only had

    P 60 - (at Grandmas)
    P2 333 - Still running (got from school)
    C3 800mhz - NES PC (still in the works)
    P3 800 - Currently running as family computer
    AMD 1800+ - My rig I am posting on

    Hmm didnt even notice where this was since I clicked the hot thread.
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited June 2003
    Tex said
    Dan your posting about cpu's in the hard disk forum. I know this forum stuff is really confusing for ya at times but....

    Tex

    Sorry, I wasn't thinking. I need it moved then
  • SpinnerSpinner Birmingham, UK
    edited June 2003
    Moved.
  • RobRob Detroit, MI
    edited June 2003
    One silver trace paint XP-MP unlock failure, otherwise none that I can recall.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Two. Thunderbirds.

    Power surges I do believe.
  • T-BirDT-BirD Montgomery, AL
    edited June 2003
    Only one that I recall.

    My CPU history:
    P 166
    P2 450
    Celeron300A @ 450
    P3 700 @ 933
    T-BirD 1ghz (failed)
    T-BirD 1.2ghz (replaced the former)
    T-BirD 1.4ghz
    Dual Celeron 400's (not OC'd...never had any success with them for some reason)
    Celeron 433 (laptop)
    XP 2600+ (just installed - frankly, I'm amazed that the force required to mount the SLK-800 hs didn't crush the thing into fine powder, especially since it took multiple attempts)
    XP 2600+ (not yet installed)
    XP 2800+

    Now if you wanna hear some failure stories, ask me about mobo's and hard drives ;) Oh, and 2 sticks of RAM, lol.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited June 2003
    Tell us AUs. Tell us.
  • mcwcmcwc Vancouver, BC Member
    edited June 2003
    Hmm... Here's what I have in use:

    Intel 486DX2 66MHz 1995 - present (A little kid plays on it)
    Motorola 603e (PowerPC Mac) 1997 - present
    AMD K6-2 400MHz 1999 - present
    AMD AthlonXP 1600+ 2001 - present

    Here are a few I got from someone and I don't use them. No motherboards for them.
    Intel 486DX2
    Intel Pentium 75 (2 of them)
    Intel Pentium Pro 200

    So far, I have kill no CPUs, though I did have a hard drive, and a stick of ram die on me.
  • fatcatfatcat Mizzou Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    650 duron i cracked the core on installing a heatsink and a 1700+ that a sob flat head screwdriver slipped onto....

    fc
  • csimoncsimon Acadiana Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    zero
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited June 2003
    Duron 1ghz and Athlon 1800+ x 2 all fried by an evil Gigabyte KT333 board. The stupid retailer wanted proof the board actually fried chips before they would take it back. I had to put in a new chip and plug it in and let them watch it burn. Retards, then they burnt one of theirs for kicks. AMD replaced all the procs and gigabyte the board ... after about 2 months and me wasting $400.

    The issue that caused the problem occured when using a high watt PSU, XP chip and a GF 4 on the rev 1.0 board. Apparently something shorts out and one pin on the chip gets supplied with 12V dc .... coookage. GB said it was a very isolated problem on one production run. I think I posted on it on the old site. :D

    Other than that none that I know of.
  • elektrikelektrik Hong Kong
    edited June 2003
    A cracked Thunderbird 1.4 Ghz core.. and that's when I got much smarter
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited June 2003
    Lucky so far, never cooked one yet. (Knock wood).

    I've OC'd a few, bridge-closing and all and never had a problem. I even OC'd a Pentium 125 Overdrive chip to 166 by jacking the FSB from 50MHz to 66MHz - this on a board designed for a Pentium 75! That was about 6 years ago - the little guy is still running, and Folding even as I write this. It manages about one WU every week to 10 days.


    Prof
    (Now if you want to see how luck balances out, read the Reliability Of Optical Drives thread in Storage & Controllers. I've held funeral services for quite a few of those - the lone vote for one year average use until death is mine...:rolleyes: )
  • paroxymparoxym Toronto, Canada
    edited June 2003
    profdlp said
    Prof
    (Now if you want to see how luck balances out, read the Reliability Of Optical Drives thread in Storage & Controllers. I've held funeral services for quite a few of those - the lone vote for one year average use until death is mine...:rolleyes: )
    Hey, don't get too cocky, my optical drives have fared no better then yours (I got a vote in there for the 'SODS' - sudden optical death syndrome) ;)

    Cpus? Not a dead one yet but I have had a mobo and a HDD go an me. Guess I'm lucky, but it seems that so are the majority of people so far. :fingers crossed: :p
  • LawnMMLawnMM Colorado
    edited June 2003
    Nill
  • ShivianShivian Australia
    edited June 2003
    Just an old Cyrix 166+ that I had.... heatsink had no thermal paste on it and wasn't attached properly (I had nothing to do with the installation). Didn't realise till it died. Glad it wasn't a big loss ;)
  • MJOMJO Denmark New
    edited June 2003
    None actually

    CPU history

    intel 386SX 25 Mhz (whereabouts unknown probably in a pile of hardware somewhere)

    intel 486SX 25 Mhz (whereabouts unknown probably in a pile of hardware somewhere)

    Amd 486 DX4 100 Mhz (In a box somewhere still on the motherboard it was bundled with)

    Amd K6 200 Mhz (whereabouts unknown probably in a pile of hardware somewhere)

    Intel Pentium MMX 233 Mhz OC'ed to 266 Mhz (whoa) (untill recently it was in my sisters pc running fine)

    Amd Athlon Thunderbird 900 OC'ed to 1000 Mhz (early stepping ADFA) (Placed in a bag right next to me on a shelf, its motherboard died therefore it is homeless)

    Amd Athlon XP 1800+ 1533 Mhz OC'ed to 2000 Mhz at present. (Powering my main rig at the moment)

    EDIT: Oops I forgot a complete intel Celeron 500 Mhz system, a friend gave it to me, and I never really used it. Now it is my sisters rig.
  • WuGgaRoOWuGgaRoO Not in the shower Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    1.2ghz thunderbird...ahhh the memories...my first computer ever built...too bad i didnt read up enuf and thought that thermal paste wasnt necessary :(
  • ShortyShorty Manchester, UK Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    None..

    Cyrix MIII 333 (sold)
    K6-2 500mhz (sold with Socket 7 board)
    P3 750 (in a friends PC still happily working away)
    Athlon 1ghz (in a workmates PC.. still working away)
    1600+ (in a work rig)
    1900+ (in my shuttle)
    2100+ (in a friends rig)
    2400+ (in a work rig)
    2500+ (currently in main rig)

    Lucky so far :D
  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited June 2003
    Just had my first, infant death of a XP1700 on startup.
    I have a bunch to TBirds, 2 x 900, 2 x 1.33 and a 1.4.
    All OC'ed hard and never lost one yet.
    Also running a XP1600 that doesn't OC at all.
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited June 2003
    No CPU deaths for me (Yet, I'd imagine).

    I've owned/installed/serviced:
    • 486 DX66 (in a landfill)
    • Pentium 75 (OCed to 120) Got with a free Compaq I was given 2 years ago, back when I worked for the schools. Now it's basment fodder, but my rent's may use it in they're bedroom.
    • P2 333 OCed to 412 on the 'ol ABit LX6 (big speed jump from the 486) Both the board and the CPU are now chugging in my sis's comp.
    • 2x P2 233s (never owned them, but had serviced them many times for a family who read about me in the local paper. Still running great, and a HELL of a lot better then they were before I came around).
    • Cyrix 333. Never OCed, now is used as the family room computer. Let me tell you, the thing has always ran like it was a P200, in fact, all Cyrix's have been pretty crappy...
    • Cyrix 550. Never OCed (was only ever in a pretty crappy mobo) built as a quick system to be used in my bedroom, it's now ANOTHER family computer.
    • Duron 900 (OCed to 1050). Still working, lent it to a friend last week as a temp replacement for HIS cracked proc. Now it's homeless sitting in a shoebox (I killed the mobo with a screwdriver slip of doom).
    • Athlon XP 1600+ (OCed to ~1550) and K7S5A. Was used as my main rig until last week.

    and last, but certainly not least....
    • Athlon XP 1700+ (OCed to 2GHz, more to come in time no doubt!) Currently in my main rig.

    As far as HDDs and optical drives, well I've been through much too many in my time...

    The 486 was only the first machine I had ever taken apart/worked on myself. I've owned both an Apple ][e (which is in the basement chillin') and an NCR 8088, which I have to a friend many, many years ago, and I'm pretty sure it's landfill material in Buffalo by now. Otherwise I could add a 6502 and an 8088 to the list as well.

    Almost forgot the free HP Celery 600 from Ford. Never had the need to tinker with the CPU in it, and chances are never will...

    P.S.

    Does anyone else's family have THREE computers in one room (not counting another in the family room, and one for each bedroom) or is mine just wierd like that?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited June 2003
    How many CPUs have failed on me? Of their own accord? None. Zip. Zero. Nada. That I killed... lessee... 2 1.4 T-birds.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2003
    CPU's that have actually died by my hand? 1: AMD K6-2 400 (tried to pump a little too much voltage through her and fried it) :D

    CPU History:
    Tandy TRS-80 Mark III (Powered By a Motorola 6809E 1024 KHz CPU)
    Burroughs of Canada ICON Mark 1 (Powered By an Intel 80186 6 MHz CPU)
    Unisys Corporation ICON Mark 2 (Powered By an Intel 80286 10 MHz CPU)
    Unisys Corporation ICON Mark 3 (Powered By an Intel 80386 16 MHz CPU)
    Compaq DeskPro 386 SX-20 MHz (World's FIRST 386 PC)
    Intel 80386 DX-25 MHz
    Intel 80486 DX-33 MHz
    Intel 80486 DX2-66 MHz
    AMD K5x133 486 Overdrive CPU (performed like a P75)
    Intel Pentium 166 MMX (P55C)
    Intel Pentium 233 MMX (P55C)
    AMD K6 233 MHz
    AMD K6 300 MHz
    AMD K6-2 350 MHz
    AMD K6-2 400 MHz (the only one to die by my hand)
    AMD K6-III 400 MHz
    Dual Intel Pentium II 400 MHz
    Intel Pentium III 500 MHz (Katmai)
    Intel Pentium III 550E MHz (Coppermine)
    AMD Athlon "K7" 550 MHz (Slot A)
    AMD Athlon "K7" 700 MHz (Slot A)
    AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 750 MHz (Slot A)
    AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 800 MHz (Slot A)
    AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 1000 MHz (Slot A)
    Intel Pentium 4 "Northwood B" 2266 MHz (Socket 478)

    Note: Bold items are still in use today :D
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2003
    TheSmJ said
    No CPU deaths for me (Yet, I'd imagine).

    P.S.

    Does anyone else's family have THREE computers in one room (not counting another in the family room, and one for each bedroom) or is mine just wierd like that?

    I've got 10 machines in a 10'x10' room WITHOUT A/C (but lots of fans...) :)

    Intel Pentium 4 2266
    AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1000 Slot A
    AMD Athlon Thunderbird 800 Slot A
    Intel Pentium 3 550E @ 733
    Intel Pentium 3 500 Katmai
    2 x Dual Intel Pentium 2 400's (IBM IntelliStations)
    AMD K6-III 400
    Compaq DeskPro 386 SX-20
    Tandy TRS-80 Mark III
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited June 2003
    I've got 2 desktops and a laptop in my bedroom, plus 2 desktops downstairs, plus my mom's laptop and my dad's laptop...
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited June 2003
    Tandy TRS-80 Mark III (Powered By a Motorola 6809E 1024 KHz
    Compaq DeskPro 386 SX-20 MHz (World's FIRST 386 PC)

    You have to be kidding, Your still using those?!?!:wow: :wow:
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2003
    danball1976 said
    Tandy TRS-80 Mark III (Powered By a Motorola 6809E 1024 KHz
    Compaq DeskPro 386 SX-20 MHz (World's FIRST 386 PC)

    You have to be kidding, Your still using those?!?!:wow: :wow:

    Nothing is more refreshing than using Windows 3.0 on a 386, or programming on the TRS-80. :)

    The days of nothing but dual 5.25" drives (one to boot the system off of, the other to load apps off of) are a gentle reminder of how far we have come today.

    GUI? PFFT, who needs that :D

    //Edit: I should also mention the 12" VGA (yes, VGA) monitor hooked up to the TRS-80 & the Radio Shack FULL SIZE tape drive to load more apps/games off of. Also worth mentioning: the 1-button joystick that fits in the palm of your hand :D
  • danball1976danball1976 Wichita Falls, TX
    edited June 2003
    Wow. My first gaming system was the Atari 5200 in 1982. My first computer that I owned was an IBM XT w/20MB Hard drive and 640K RAM, 5.25" floppy, and an empty bay for an extra drive. 14" CGA monitor. This was in 1998
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited June 2003
    Yep, the TRS-80 Color Computer Mark III was great in her day :)
    Running MicroWare's OS-9 with Microsoft's Extended Color BASIC made for many a long nights :)

    Below is a little about each TRS-80 Color Computer that was put on the market (I've owned both the Mark II & Mark III). Never had the honour of using the one that started it all...
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