how can you tell if ur CPU damaged???

[Geekazoid]

Ok guys my CPU isn’t damaged well I think not but I have a strange question.

For e.g. lets just take the i7 920 CPU overclocked at 4.00 GHz

How can you tell that overtime your CPU has been damage can a CPU slowly deteriorates in performance even though it’s clocked at 4.00 GHz or does a CPU out right not boot up if it is damaged.

What are the indications of a CPU deterioration/damage....?

It’s just something I wanted to know....

My computer is running fine at moment....

 

[gurusan]

Your overclock will no longer be stable at the same vcore.

Provided temperatures are not insane and you are using reasonable vcore you shouldn't have anything to worry about though.

 

[eddiew]

You're right, that is a strange question

There were some recent reports of socket 1156 catching fire, in which case it's obvious visible damage, and is clearly not going to work at all.

Then there's simpler forms of damage done by clumsy installation, e.g. you bend a pin on the board/cpu; again it's really not likely to work.

I don't think CPUs tend to degrade; most electronics tends to go out with a bang rather than a slow decline. Push enough and you'll hit a voltage or thermal limit and all the blue smoke that your CPU normally contains (carefully packed in under high pressure at manufacture, obviously) will be released. Unfortunately there is no known way to put the smoke back into a CPU once this happens, and you have to declare it dead


...If your question would be more related to "My PC seems to be getting slower over time," then you might do better on an anti-malware forum