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Testing Pentium 4 - Is HSF Necessary?

joroma

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I want to literally check if a Socket 478 P4 (Prescott!) is working before I sell it. Is it ok to run it in the mobo for a few minutes without fitting the HSF?
 
ns400r said:
While I'm sure the CPU would allow the system to boot, it's just plain stupid to run it with no heatsink. Especially as your then going to sell the thing. Surely you have a heatsink of some description you could use.

A video from Tom's Hardware doing something similar is here (THG Video 1) - http://tomshardware.co.uk/site/videos/thg_videos-01.html

http://tomshardware.co.uk/cgi-bin/downloads.m?id=1
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The reason I asked was to avoid damaging it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have got a HSF I just wondered if it was necessary to fit it if I was only going to run it for a couple of minutes. Having seen the replies on my thread I wouldn't dream of running the CPU without fitting it!
 
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