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Re: How durable are Pentium III crystals, dies? (and other CPUs with heat spreader like Athlon, Duron and etc.)

Quite a common thing to have happen back in the day too, not many realised that the Athlons were that sensitive to improper cooling setups, P3s however were not and so long as they had some contact they would survive. Yeah... The problem is due to those four pesky black spacers located on each …

Re: How durable are Pentium III crystals, dies? (and other CPUs with heat spreader like Athlon, Duron and etc.)

I've never seen anyone call the die a crystal before (although, I suppose, technically it is). As long as the crack is only very close to the edge, it won't affect it. The functional part of a die never goes right to the edge, allowing minor variations in the cutting from the wafer.

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