Author: Harald Faber
Date: 01:13:57 07/13/99
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On July 13, 1999 at 02:58:38, Ricardo Gibert wrote: >On July 13, 1999 at 00:17:02, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >> >>On July 13, 1999 at 00:03:50, Steve Lopez wrote: >> >>>On July 12, 1999 at 23:11:16, Bruce Moreland wrote: >>> >>>>This fellow used to hang out with the rest of us in my college's computer >>>>center.. Whenever his program crashed, he would announce to us that there was a >>>>problem with the school's main computer, and that we should save our work. >>>> >>>>He eventually dropped out of computers and became a folk singer. >>> >>>How ironic. I stopped being a blues singer and am now in computer software. >>> >>>And your point is...? >>> >>>-- Steve Lopez >>>http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Hangar/5176/index.html >>>http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/chesskamikazes >> >>My point is that I have never heard anyone suggest raising the voltage on the >>CPU because a program crashed. >> >>bruce > >Obviously, not a first choice response to a program crash, but this is a >standard overclockers technique to help achieve stability, but you must also pay >attention to proper cooling. You can find articles about this all over the >internet. Only some motherboards allow the voltage to be changed. So finally it is a users fault if you overclock the CPU and wonder why some progs crash. I also tried out overclocking but went away from it. It isn't worth it.
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