How many CPU's have failed on you?
danball1976
Wichita Falls, TX
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
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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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.
Sorry, I wasn't thinking. I need it moved then
Power surges I do believe.
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.
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.
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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.
Other than that none that I know of.
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... )
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:
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.
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
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.
I've owned/installed/serviced:
and last, but certainly not least....
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?
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
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
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
//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
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...