Pump and Fans switched off overnight. Would this have damaged my CPU?

[trawetSluaP]

Hi,

I left my PC on overnight running Folding.

To my horror when I came down this morning both the CPU Cooler Pump and Fans had turned off completely and my CPU was hitting temps of 100C and throttling.

I just wanted to check with you guys to see if this could damage the CPU, or was the fact that it was throttling a good thing in the long run?

 

[AlienALX]

It should be OK. Those throttles are there for a reason

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

Hi,

I left my PC on overnight running Folding.

To my horror when I came down this morning both the CPU Cooler Pump and Fans had turned off completely and my CPU was hitting temps of 100C and throttling.

I just wanted to check with you guys to see if this could damage the CPU, or was the fact that it was throttling a good thing in the long run?

Wow mate! I'm actually surpised the cpu managed to throttle under those conditions and didn't just shut down the whole system. Niceee

 

[trawetSluaP]

I wasn't impressed! Practically shat myself! Won't be using MSI Command Centre to control the fans again as I think it was the culprit!

Just glad the CPU is OK!

Thanks for your words of assurance!

 

[tinytomlogan]

No real way to tell without before and after benchmarks.

As long as its working dont worry about it but I would set up and auto shutdown feature linked to heat if I were you. A lot of decent boards have options in the bios so go have a look or look at your mobo manual.

 

[Thelosouvlakia]

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool
Try this tool

 

[trawetSluaP]

No real way to tell without before and after benchmarks.

As long as its working dont worry about it but I would set up and auto shutdown feature linked to heat if I were you. A lot of decent boards have options in the bios so go have a look or look at your mobo manual.

I don't have benchmarks from before other than remembering the fps I got in 3DMark Firestrike. Would that be an acceptable test?

Regarding the auto shutdown I thought that was automatically on so will defo have to look at that, thanks for the info. Do you have a suggested temp for shut off?

https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/19792/Intel-Processor-Diagnostic-Tool
Try this tool

I ran this program and the CPU passed. Fingers crossed my CPU survived unscathed! Thanks for the suggestion.