How to Blow a hole in a table with a CPU

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:14 pm

OC a AMD Duron to 4GHz and give it VCore of 4.xxx VDC.

then, while its already reaching melting points, snatch the Heatsink off of it!!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 4265757054

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 5:47 pm

Cafe... And looks totally fake.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 6:01 pm

it is fake.

no motherboard would let you do that.

It's also not even running. the fan isn't spinning.

tho I have to give them credit. that's some powerful propoganda.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 7:53 pm

so what made the CPU blow up? and what made the hole?

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:13 pm

a 'squib'.

it's a very small explosive. used in movies to simulate bulletholes.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:31 pm

Ace, that video is fake. AMD mobos since the K6-2 days have options in the bios to shut the system down when the temperature reaches a certain point. Default is 70C or ~180F IIRC. Hell, even my mother's previous system (K6-2 450 + Gigabyte GA-5AX) had this feature, and that board was pretty much a bare bones board.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 8:32 pm

fake but would make a good 'see why cooling is important' video

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:35 pm

Fistly, that no-spinning 40mm fan is a dead giveaway.

Then you have to ask yourself - how would a CPU run without clamping pressure and no fan spinning? Then you ask yourself what actually happens when a CPU heatsink is removed?

Then you have to ask yourself these questions:

1) A CPU at 3818 MHz without any clamping pressure, and a stopped 40mm fan? Yeah - right.

2) What physical law allows for even a 100 watt CPU to explode with such force that it would break the ceramic packaging, and be physically thrown from the very tight CPU socket?

3) What strength explosion would it take to blow a hole in the moitherboard AS WELL AS a hole in the table?

Not too hard to figure out now is it?

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 9:57 pm

Mobius wrote:Fistly,

rofl

Mobvious wrote:Not too hard to figure out now is it?

No, it is not. Please refer to the previous posts which do not contain superfluous explanations.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:02 pm

Mobius..........

STFU!!

we know its a fake. we dont need a uber-geek breakdown on how its fake

TigerRaptor · Post by **TigerRaptor** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 10:08 pm

Well something did blow a hole in this thread.

An AceFace

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Mon Dec 05, 2005 11:56 pm

The first thing that tipped me off was the fact that a Spitfire core Duron was running with air cooling at 4 volts... no way in hell, Batman

Diedel · Post by **Diedel** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 6:47 am

AceCombat wrote:Mobius..........

STFU!!

we know its a fake. we dont need a uber-geek breakdown on how its fake

I like Mobi's meticulously detailled explanation.

He maybe a grammar Nazi

, but that's probably just the downside of a positive character trait: Going into the depth of matters ...

Feeling embarrassed, Ace?

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:14 pm

AceCombat wrote:Mobius..........

STFU!!

we know its a fake. we dont need a uber-geek breakdown on how its fake

heh, jealous because Mobi posted something useful for once and you got owned? Bet that smarts to get owned by the board "troll".

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:30 pm

nah not jealous..... i mean we already know its a fake.

just the usual comment back at mobius when he goes into his " Gotta breakdown everything" mood

Sting_Ray · Post by **Sting_Ray** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 8:56 pm

I knew it was a fake by how fast it took him to get the heatsink off. It takes me hours to figure the damned thing out.

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Tue Dec 06, 2005 11:28 pm

And everyone knows if the CPU had actually exploded that the die wouldn't be intact after the explosion.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 12:15 am

i once blew out a pIII 500 on purpose, it was giving all sorts of trouble (the board and cpu), since i had run it so long without adequate cooling, finally deciding to be done with it i oc'd it too the max, it didn't explode though, just sizzled and crackled for a while. smelled really bad too.

Robo · Post by **Robo** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:38 pm

I haven't even bothered to view the video but this topic is funny as bloody hell

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 10:35 pm

fyrephlie wrote:i once blew out a pIII 500 on purpose, it was giving all sorts of trouble (the board and cpu), since i had run it so long without adequate cooling, finally deciding to be done with it i oc'd it too the max, it didn't explode though, just sizzled and crackled for a while. smelled really bad too.

we cooked a few P-II's in A+ classes. god did that stink.....

one got hot enough, that it melted the solder holding the metal plate protecting the silicon core and it slid off

Tricord · Post by **Tricord** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 7:20 am

Plus, they're french and they're trying way too hard to polish their English.. It's staged alright

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Fri Dec 09, 2005 11:31 pm

Ok... having a non-running fan is easy to explain- it wasn't plugged in. (Maybe they didn't have it plugged in because they knew they where going to pull the fan and heatsink off.) Cmon guys.... saying the CPU/mobo is turned off because a fan isn't running is hardly provable.

Vindicator · Post by **Vindicator** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:50 am

Too bad it WAS plugged in, though. As he pulls off the heatsink you can see the power cable tug at the mobo for a brief moment.

At any rate, they get points for creatively destroying a Duron

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 3:45 am

I noticed that too Vind. I work with SMT boards on a daily basis. I find it hard to believe that cooking a CPU off could generate that kinda reaction. It might burn the board a little but no WAY could it blow a whole through a mobo AND the table. ...come on. You guys know how tought mobo's are. what are they.. 4 layer? 6? nearly a 1/4" of metal reinforced fiberglass. You'd blow a cap before that kinda power would blow up a CPU.

AceCombat · Post by **AceCombat** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 12:13 pm

dont forget, the "table" was a 1/2" peice of plywood.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:21 pm

AceCombat wrote:dont forget, the "table" was a 1/2" peice of plywood.

...point! Set! Match!

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:46 pm

Duper wrote:I noticed that too Vind. I work with SMT boards on a daily basis. I find it hard to believe that cooking a CPU off could generate that kinda reaction. It might burn the board a little but no WAY could it blow a whole through a mobo AND the table. ...come on. You guys know how tought mobo's are. what are they.. 4 layer? 6? nearly a 1/4" of metal reinforced fiberglass. You'd blow a cap before that kinda power would blow up a CPU.

Not to mention that IF a processor could react so violently, don't you think this would've been caught in lab testing?

As for the fan, yes it was in fact plugged in.

Emphasis on the blue arrow. Furthermore, lets look at the exact frame where the chip is "exploding".

As you can clearly see, the explosion is from BELOW the processor, and not the processor itself. Also, if this even was the processor doing all the damage, there is NO possible way that it could explode with enough force to do the damage it did to the table. The motherboard would direct the "blast" upward against the chip, which would force the debris to move upload in a MUCH less spectacular fashion. All it would have done is sizzle and smell really bad until either the socket melts (zapping the power supply in the process), or the operator gets tired of the stench and pulls the plug.

Duper · Post by **Duper** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:08 pm

HA!!!!

ANOTHER ONE for Myth Busters!

Submit it MD!!

Flatlander · Post by **Flatlander** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 6:38 pm

I've seen plenty of fried computer components in the 8+ (sigh) years I've been fixing 'em, and a fried CPU is not gonna do that. A blown capacitor can do some damage, but nothing like that vid.