AMD Duron explodes

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Whilst the CPU package is cracked, the core itself is intact and shows no sign of having suffered over-temp failure. The white substance is obviously heat-sink compound.


With the amount of force needed to blow a hole through the table the DIE would have indefinately cracked. I mean come on, they're easy to crack, Some of the extra tuff heatsync clips are known to crack the core. People putting their pc's in the car to go to lans have had their core crack,