On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Herbert Graf wrote: > No. > > All modern CPUs have thermal throttling to ensure they don't overheat. > You can remove the CPU of a running CPU and all that will happen is the > system will hang. > > Contrast this to a few years ago where you'd see flame and smoke > performing the same test (check out tomshardware.com for some videos). > > 98C at the core means the actual pins were well below that, so nothing > would be amiss with your board either. > > Thanks! Makes me feel warm and cozy inside. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .