OverClocking

[damunzy]

OCing or OverClocking:

Got my Duron 750 up to 990! Got a Abit KT7A-RAID Mobo and have it set at 110/36 MHz. Seems to be running stable....atleast Windows 2000 boots and I can access here! Couldn't do that at 1008 MHz. I guess I reached the limit of my processor. Still not bad for 50 dollar chip =D

 

[GenghisK]

Bah, still remember the good old time when I tried to overclock my IBM AT@12Mhz to 16Mhz! That ran incredibly faster... That was in 1994 <img src="smile.gif" border="0"> <br />Btw, one of my friends tried to overclock an Alpha chip, unsuccessfully, and also fried a GeForce3, while trying to overclock it. What a guy!

 

[Mechanical_Animal]

Overclocking, verb;

The art of finding the happy medium between "blistering speed" and "blistering hot smouldering lump of silicon"

 

[damunzy]

Well, being up for 2 days is good news, but I need to do a stress test on my computer to see if 990 is really stable. Anybody know of a freeware program that will stress out a computer for testing purposes?

Darn, gotta fix my sig.

 

[GenghisK]

Not sure but I think you can always try SiSoft Sandra.

 

[starlifter]

Bah, still remember the good old time when I tried to overclock my IBM AT@12Mhz to 16Mhz! That ran incredibly faster... That was in 1994

You must have been in a time warp, GK! 12 MHz in 1994 is 5 to 6 years behind. The 12-MHz, 1 wait state generic PC began wide release in about March, 1987. I still have my first 12 MHz PC, but have not booted it in years.

Anybody know of a freeware program that will stress out a computer for testing purposes?

I personally use a program called Prime95 to max out the CPU and test my overclocking, esp. for heat dissapation and stability. Prime95 is a free program that searches for Mersenne Prime Numbers using computers PCs around the world. I also have SiSoft's Sandra.

 

[GenghisK]

He he he, well, you might be right indeed. Don't remember exactly but I think it was on the late 80s and beginning of 90s. When the IBM PC was at $9,000... The good old pionneer time
Anyway, I think you watch Star Trek too much Time warp?

 

[starlifter]

I think you watch Star Trek too much Time warp?

Beam me Up, Spotty!

(Sp. int. )

 

[GenghisK]

Seems that a Trekky said something like
Beam me Up, Spotty!

(Sp. int. )

Uh, with all due respect, Kirk, I think it's Scotty
My ST knowledge is poor but I think that should be right.
At least I can see you have overclocked your brain too much

 

[starlifter]

Beam me Up, Spotty!

(Sp. int. )

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Uh, with all due respect, Kirk, I think it's Scotty

"Sp. int."

 

[GenghisK]

Mmmm, Sp. Int.???
Specially something, I think. No, I can't see. Would help me then, please captain?

 

[starlifter]

Mmmm, Sp. Int.??? Specially something, I think. No, I can't see. Would help me then, please captain?

LOL, "Spelling Intentional"... apologies for an obscure abbreviation?

 

[damunzy]

lol, well suffered my first crash. The computer didn't come out of power save. But I have also loaded ZoneAlaram and I don't know which is at fault, the program or the overclocking.