wow, an old thread.

Not sure if Grim is still with us, but i think we were talking about the same thing...

Anyway, @bionic, lol, not nuclear physicist, just some spare time with mentos and diet coke

@georg, i agree that a standard clocked cpu will (most times) shutdown when overheated as, like u said, fan breaks...

Maybe you can increase your core voltage to 12volts and overclock frontsidebus up and up and up... disconnect your fan and then tell me nothing happens