What will happen with a 95W CPU on a motherboard that only supports 65W TDP processors?

[acolombo]

I'm building an HTPC as cheaply as I can.

I already have the ram, 2x2GB of DDR2 SO-DIMM, and the CPU, an AMD Phenom x4 9500. Both come from dead computers of mine.
Now I want to buy this mini-ITX board: J&W MINIX 780G as I've found one on local listings for around 50$.

The RAM should be almost surely compatible, but the mobo says on its specs that it only supports 65W TDP processors! What will likely happen if I install my AMD Phenom x4 9500 which is rated at 95W??

Thanks,
Andrea

[Br3tt96]

It wouldn't be wise because it could overload the motherboard's power and kill it.

[Guest]

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Well, anything from nothing, through instability to frying your VRMs, aka. your board may let the magic blue smoke out. 

 

Also, don't cheap out on your mobo. A reliable solution will be a few bucks more expensive, but it's worth it.

[PetiteBob]

BOOM

[runit3]

@acolombo Anything from nothing at all, to a literal fire. The board's VRM's would likely overheat if you ever pushed the chip. That being said, for an HTPC it will likely sit at 5% load all day and be perfectly fine.

[kameshss]

[Enderman]

the same thing that happens here:

[SkilledRebuilds]

the same thing that happens here:

This was gunna be my post as well...

GG, well played Mr.Ninja

[Aniallation]

The 9500 isn't on the support list, so it likely won't even POST. http://www.jwele.com/motherboard_detail.php?419#_cpu

[Charlie27364]

Don't do it unless you want a little camp fire in your house.

[AnimalTheGamer]

Yes, I can see this thread is 4 years old, but when I put in an Athlon x2 6400+ into my mobo (M2NC51-AR), nothing bad happend. All that really happend was it showed a message saying the CPU was not supported.

[papajo]

15 minutes ago, AnimalTheGamer said:

Yes, I can see this thread is 4 years old, but when I put in an Athlon x2 6400+ into my mobo (M2NC51-AR), nothing bad happend. All that really happend was it showed a message saying the CPU was not supported.

well obviously those things are not designed by imbecils... if the CPU is not on the supported list then nothing will happen worse case scenario to corrupt the bios or maybe even the cpu microcode but that's it no smokes or anything imagine the lawsuits if stuff got on fire the company cant defend itself like "why are you not pc educated you should have known better" and start explaining to the jury the tech jargon.. while a mother would morn her child or something.. they would have been a figuratively massacre in the courtroom  they would have to pay for damages and or be accountable for injuries and death resulting by fire.. obviously they taken that into account.