What would happened if you pulled the processor out while pc was on?

[marc1024]

As title says, if you constructed some sort of system to pull a processor out from a motherboard while the system was powered on, what would happen? would there be a lot of sparks/smoke etc? or would it simply just power off but all the lights in the system stay on?

Not saying i will do it! just curious to know what will happen.

 

[marc1024]

What about the motherboard? what damage would it obtain.

 

[marc1024]

These antics are getting pretty old tbh

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=celeron+exploding&aq=f

We have all seen the old cpus when heatsinks are removed. But im talking about physically removing a cpu while its working. (After a device has been made which allows you to do this)

 

[marc1024]

For the people asking me to do it, i asked what would happen and i didn't say i would try it

I have an i5 build here, if i get a free pc with similar specs, ill do it with my current rig its oced at 4.2ghz ill record it and put it on youtube, ill zoom right into the processor so you can see it being removed.

The way i would remove the CPU is to make it stick to the heat sink. Ill have to remove the heat sink, then undo the cpu clamp thing, leave that open then put the heat sink back on. Then i would apply firm pressure on the heat sink, then i would run a benchmark and in the middle of it ill pull the heat sink and hope the cpu sticks to it and doesn't fall out ! But ill only do that if i was getting a free pc with same spec


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i have and old p4 system, no psu though, dont want to use a good one in case i end up blowing it up! Might give it a go if i pick up a cheap supply of ebay or something

 

[marc1024]

How do peeps think of these ideas.

well i started this topic because i was discussing it with a friend, we argued and argued. We began talking about it after looking for a 5.25 device which allows people to hot swap hard drives Then it changed to hot swapping hardware like graphics etc and we tried with an old card. It didnt go to well, killed the card somehow. I think it was a nvidia 7900gt Then we wondered if a cpu would be hot swap-able. We didnt want to try as we both agreed it would give us a shock, but wouldn't know how much. Then i posted it on OCUK asking what the effects where

 

[marc1024]

OMG i didnt say i would do it! please qoute me saying i would do it (excluding the time where i said i would do it if i got a free pc with the same spec)!

 

[marc1024]

more to the point why would anyone even ask this question

curiosity. I have mind that can ask very stupid questions to very interesting and crazy questions. People are actually struggling to agree on what would happen so, i think somebody has to actually do it with a new age processor (on a socket 1155 or something) before we can know for sure what will happen.
All we know it will cause the computer to stop responding.
Will there be a black screen, would the screen freeze on the frame its on,
would it kill the person taking it out?
would there be electrical arcs between the motherboard and processor?
would the pc blow up?
would the CPU work after being removed from a hot system? (hot as in being powered on)