I have an Slot A Athlon 900MHz that was recently involved in an overheating of some sort. A friend who discovered it says it appeared to be the motherboard that overheated because of the foul smell ...

A CPU's operating temperature will rise if the cooling fan breaks, dramatically increasing the chance of hardware failure. Stock modern computer CPUs use a two-part CPU cooler that features a heatsink ...

So here's an odd question. <br><br>I was cleaning my CPU off over the sink (big mistake) with alchohol and cotton swabs when it slipped out of my hand and landed in the bottom of the sink. The drop ...

A few weeks ago, a user shared a case where an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU got burned. Further tests revealed that the issue happened due to an improper installation of the CPU, which caused damage to ...

Intel has been struggling with a major issue in its 13th- and 14th-generation Core CPUs for most of this year. Due to a production error, high voltages and temperatures led to crashes for users and ...

A CPU shouldn't run too hot unless you're stress-testing it, but if it's overheating under medium to heavy workloads, it's ...

A couple of burned CPUs are stirring up a fuss in Ryzen world today. It’s well-known that processors can overheat for several reasons (often user error during the ...

A motherboard featured in a burned out CPU Reddit thread has been analyzed by its manufacturer, who says that the board has no obvious damage or burn marks, and that it just required a clean-up to get ...

Intel’s latest architecture requires a new LGA 1151 socket and features an enhanced pin count. Additionally, the CPUs are built on a 14nm manufacturing process. Some of you might remember that Skylake ...

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