Well I found chocojon investigating the power side of things and noticed the CPU heatsink retention clip wasn't locked. A quick poke from chocojon revealed a plastic nubbin on the socket had broken off and the entire heatsink/fan assembly was hanging off :x
So I guess techinically it was thermal death - a quick whiff of the blackened cpu kinda confirms this :) But root cause was mechanical failure.
Drumm's already back up with a new cpu and a heatsink clamp that attaches to all six (well 5 hehe) nubbins. Hopefully this will stop further explosions :D
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So I guess techinically it was thermal death - a quick whiff of the blackened cpu kinda confirms this :) But root cause was mechanical failure.
Drumm's already back up with a new cpu and a heatsink clamp that attaches to all six (well 5 hehe) nubbins. Hopefully this will stop further explosions :D
(ooo I like new reply box thingies)
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