Question Cat on HP desktop keyboard

[wpshooter]

Last week I had repaired/updated a computer for a friend.
When I was demonstrating some of the new features, his cat decided that he wanted to join the training
and jumps up on the keyboard and is doing his little dance on it, opening 100's if not 1,000's of instances
of the update manager that I was attempting to demonstrate.

The fan immediately went into hurricane mode and I thought the computer was going to go flying off
of the desk !!!

The guy sort took his time getting the cat off of the keyboard (if it had been my cat I would have thrown
it thru the window), (sorry, to you cat and animal lovers).

My question is how long would the CPU have to had ran under that extremely overheated condition to
have caused damage to the processor ? I told the guy he needed to segregate the cat from the
computer but he did not want to do that, so he decided just to have the ISP cut off his Internet connection
and just not use the computer. I told him he might be able to find someone to purchase it.

I assume if I run the bios/hardware diagnostics on it again, it should tell me if the processor (or anything else),
was damaged by that little adventure ???

Thanks

 

[gdansk]

It doesn't matter the fan noise necessarily, but the temperature of the CPU. And modern CPUs thermally throttle to prevent damage. Was it thermally throttling or is the fan curve simply aggressive?

Putting a CPU under full load shouldn't hurt it.

 

[pcgeek11]

You're worrying too much about nothing...

 

[bba-tcg]

If the CPU gets too hot, the machine will shut off.

 

[yottabit]

That cat was just helping you out with a burn-in test

 

[wpshooter]

You're worrying too much about nothing...

Articles like these and similar ones lead me to believe otherwise.

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/...ur-hour-server-outage-by-jumping-on-keyboard/

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4088982?sortBy=best

 

[wpshooter]

And then there is also the danger of the cat deciding to relieve itself on the keyboard and to use your wireless mouse and keyboard as something that they can see far they can knock across the room.

 

[lenjack]

As others have told you, find something else to worry about. 20 years ago,this might have killed your cpu, but there is strong overheat protection built in nowadays. . Your cpu will shut down or throttle down to protect itself.

 

[wpshooter]

As others have told you, find something else to worry about. 20 years ago,this might have killed your cpu, but there is strong overheat protection built in nowadays. . Your cpu will shut down or throttle down to protect itself.

You are assuming that this computer was a new latest generation computer, it is NOT. Can't assuming that everyone can afford the hardware that you might be using. Also, I bet you will have a hard time convincing the person who was in charge of that medical facility that the cat was not the cause of their problem, even if the powers that be are not going to publicly admit to it.

Also, anytime that you want to have a cat come up and to do its little dance on your keyboard, etc., I am willing to provide the cat (I would have to borrow one), because I assure you that there are not going to be any near any of my computers, be them new or old devices.

 

[pcgeek11]

Articles like these and similar ones lead me to believe otherwise.

https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/...ur-hour-server-outage-by-jumping-on-keyboard/

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4088982?sortBy=best

First Incident: The cat deleted the server. He did not overheat the CPU.

Second Link: Was cats tearing up keyboards. None of these involved a cat causing a CPU Over heating condition.

Not your computer and not your problem anyway.... Not sure why you are so concerned. If the owner doesn't care I think you shouldn't either.

 

[gdansk]

Latest generation? It's been over 20 years now that CPUs throttle or shutdown rather than toast themselves. A CPU should not be damaged by running at full load, regardless of whether the use was instigated by the user or an errant cat.

If a cat can put the CPU under that much stress what stops the user, or automatic programs like Windows Updates and Chrome Malware Removal Tool, from doing so as well? If the fan noise is concerning, check the cooling solution. Is it clean? Is it adequate? Is the CPU thermally throttling at its thermal junction max? These are deficiencies that can be corrected but, even if you remove the cat, full load can still happen.

But it sounds like the international feline occupational government tries to hide the danger cats pose to CPUs.

 

[FlameTail]

Is this post a joke?

 

[pcgeek11]

Is this post a joke?

Seems to be as it is hard to believe someone is that naive.

 

[bba-tcg]

And then there is also the danger of the cat deciding to relieve itself on the keyboard and to use your wireless mouse and keyboard as something that they can see far they can knock across the room.

Go off on a tangent much? Certainly a cat pissing on a keyboard is a different issue entirely.