What the heck?!?!? A double whammy!! HELP!!

[SocceRich20]

Ok, here it goes. My processor (2.8GHz 800MHz fsb) was running hot. Intel said it was fne for short term and would send another fan and heatsink. Today, I smell something burning, and just like tha, my screen goes blank. I open the case, take off the heatsink and fan, and find a portion of my processor has melted onto th bottom of the heatsink. Also, it tookout my motherboard, and melted the processor lock handle thing. I am caling for replaceent tomorrow. I am so pissed. Both cost meover $450. I NEED my comp up and running (Me and a friend do webdesign for companies. Is it common for a dead cpu to take the mobo with it? Thanks.

[wju425]

More likely the mobo took out the cpu. Sounds like a bad short somewhere.

\o/ Billy

[Telexen]

Bad Intel...
I'm going to bookmark this so I have it next time someone says AMD's run too hot.

[Bruneau]

Yup. Sh*t happens.

Sorry to hear about your misfortune, SocceRich20.

[Buzioid]

That is bad news. I haven't used intel since the P3 era, I had a 1Ghz, I haven't gone back since, and don't think I will!

[clearbluereason]

It is common for both to go out at the same time when suffering from severe heat, i.e. enough to weld your cpu to your HS. I've never heard of a cpu getting that hot while the HS was on it though. My guess is that your cpu took out your mobo. I had a 1 GHz T-bird I moved around from my machine to my families and it has survived 2 mobo burnouts but I've known many people who lost both cpu and mobo. For me it was always obvious that it was the motherboard b/c it took the ram w/ it. I do some web design too and I can't imagine how far behind I would be w/o my computer for a couple days. I wish you the best of luck in getting your system back asap.

[Telexen]

The HSF could have been seated incorrectly, causing a slight gap between the CPU and itself.