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Originally posted by dhamsaic
That's my friend, and that's his Athlon.
Pentium 4's don't do that.
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Jesus tapdancin' Christ. I knew Athlons still didn't have the built-in "killswtich" yet, but didn't realize they'd actually go up in flames.
I know that AMD <I>recommended</I> that mobo makers install their own killswitch, but none did until Tom's Hardware released their video on the life expectancy of an Athlon without a fan. So yes, it's up to the user to install a software monitor, and even that is a far less desirable solution.
Hopefully the failsafe is becoming standard in mobo's, and will be built into the CPU on their next architecture upgrade.