On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 15:53, Jeff Ross <jr...@openvistas.net> wrote: > Opterons are new to me. B Have I already damaged the CPU? B I can get an > couple of active CPU heatsinks to replace the passive ones but if that chip > is already damaged I'd rather lose some more time and return the motherboard > while I still can.
Very unlikely to have damaged the CPU; Opterons (and almost all modern CPUs) have thermal protection circuity to prevent this. -- ach
