- Apr 21, 2015
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I know I shouldn't have done this but yesterday I received a doa motherboard. It occasionally posted, but not always. I tried removing and replacing variables like the ram and the cpu heatsink. I know I shouldn't have booted it without the cpu heatsink, and I realize how stupid it was. Once, I tried to boot without the cpu heatsink, it still didn't post. I touched the CPU after the failed boot and it was fairly hot. The longest it spent booting without a heatsink was probably 15 seconds at most. I put the cpu into another motherboard and it worked fine, prime95 stable. Did I do any long term damage, or decrease the lifespan. I have an amd fx 6300, I was testing with a doa asus m5a99fx pro r2.0 motherboard. I'm pretty nervous...
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