iam having a problem with my desktop http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-3033457/desktop-turns-secs.html as you see in the link ,iam down to psu problem,motherboard prob,or cpu....i removed the cpu and cleaned it but i forgot i dont have thermal paste at the moment also i noticed what i think its a bent pin( i think) of the socket inside, the cpu itself seems fine ,so i want to know will it damage the cpu if i try to turn on the pc without themal paste for 10 sec to see if it boots up now
will my cpu fry or be damaged
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- Feb 13, 2014
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Probably not, I would just lay a heatsink on it and apply a SMALL amount of pressure to it while you do the boot test. Leave it on for as little amount of time as possible. Do this at your own risk, I have done it before without issue several times. But running your cpu for even a short amount of time with no paste or heatsink is generally not recommended.
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