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Going back to the topic.
My comment early in the thread about short-circuits seems oddly prescient...
Two failure modes GN has identified:
1) Zero Ohm complete shorts in cases where CPU died but motherboard is fine (due to OCP/OTP kicking in)
2) Low resistance shorts... this is where motherboard vendors who somehow put in inadequate OCP protection in their $700 motherboards (*cough*, ASUS) continue delivering power
overwhelming to an already-dead CPU leading to a
catastrophic failure with desoldering of the IHS, audible cracking of the CPU die, and incineration of the motherboard socket.
My comments:
ASUS - OCP protection did not kick in even at 400W+. Fail. Catastrophic fail.
AMD - Make it right for the end users. And rein in your partners (especially ASUS).
Relevant Wendell-ism:
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