Mach
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Well, depends on the CPU.Such a thing would require a catastrophic electrical fault. You can run a CPU with no heat sink at all and it shouldn't melt.
This video shows an intel surviving, and an AMD smoking/melting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSGcnRanYMM