Fried CPU?

[mwagen]

How easy is it to completely fry a processor? A long time ago I was building a Pentium 4 system but it wasn't posting so I had the bright idea of taking the heatsink off to feel if the cpu was producing any heat and when I felt it it was burning hot. I immediately switched it off and that was the last I ever tried anything with that cpu since I ended up just getting the new core 2 duo. I suspect my cpu simply wasn't compatible with my mobo to begin with, but what are the chances I fried my cpu when I took the heatsink off? I'm asking because I still have that Pentium 4 and I want to see if I can sell it on ebay for like $5, but not if I cooked it.

[Helpful Tech Witch]

it willl shut itself off when it gets to hot, though the IHS willl almost always be able to burn you if you toutch it, since 44*c is when you start to burn.

[SupaKomputa]

Pentium 4 is worth $1.

Put it in a frame, or melt it so you can mine the gold.

[Cyracus]

Modern cpus tend to have safety features that will protect them from damage in this manner. There are a few videos on the web of cpus running with no heatsink on them, they throttled a lot, but maintained operational status (granted safety controls can be removed, and that's when you kill a cpu from these kinda things)

[mwagen]

5 minutes ago, Cyracus said:

Modern cpus tend to have safety features that will protect them from damage in this manner. There are a few videos on the web of cpus running with no heatsink on them, they throttled a lot, but maintained operational status (granted safety controls can be removed, and that's when you kill a cpu from these kinda things)

Ok, good to know.

29 minutes ago, SupaKomputa said:

Pentium 4 is worth $1.

Put it in a frame, or melt it so you can mine the gold.

Ha, I know, but it's still in the original box with the heatsink and everything. I'm trying to get rid of all the unused stuff in my house.

[SupaKomputa]

5 minutes ago, mwagen said:

Ha, I know, but it's still in the original box with the heatsink and everything. I'm trying to get rid of all the unused stuff in my house.

Put it as a collectors item, $5 probably gonna wait for a long time.