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Athlon (Socket 462) Dead

h0stn0tf0und · 2006-09-07 19:01:11

Hey guys, I have a PC where the fan that was cooling the CPU died, went unnoticed and now the chip is now toast. The question is can I get replacement chip? The PC is about 2years old and not used for anything heavy so I dont really need/want to buy new but are any of these chips out there as they are now *old*? Thanks

07-09-2006 7:01pm

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h0stn0tf0und

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Hey guys,

I have a PC where the fan that was cooling the CPU died, went unnoticed and now the chip is now toast. The question is can I get replacement chip? The PC is about 2years old and not used for anything heavy so I dont really need/want to buy new but are any of these chips out there as they are now *old*?

Thanks

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#2 07-09-2006 9:14pm

zilog_jones

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Unfortunately Socket A (462) processors have since gone out of production. You can pick up something secondhand pretty easily (ebay or wherever) - I've bought used CPUs (PIIIs and Pentium Overdrives) with no trouble.

*However*, are you sure your motherboard wasn't damaged in any way from this excessive heat? Could be an issue, especially if there's capacitors very close to the CPU socket.

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