These days hardware dies on it's own without any extra help from
the owner. Are you sure your power supply is up to the task of
running for 5 years? Are you sure the capacitors on your board
won't bulge and die in 6 months? With today's hardware I would
NEVER guarantee a system to run solid for 5 years unless it was
high end and the manufacturers of each component were willing to
offer a least a couple years on each part.
So with all the electromigration stuff does it affect the water
running through my systems? :)
What chipset on your flakey Abit board? Might I guess Via and be
right?
--- Allen Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 20 May 2005, walter fry wrote:
> >> Of course I don't overclock. I leave that to children.
> >
> > lets keep in mind oc also results in extra heat
>
> Indeed. Extra heat shortens the life of electronics in many
> ways. But extra current plus extra heat gives a double whammy
> to the metal traces. The result is greatly increased
> electromigration. That is a phenomenon where the metal
> conductor
> slowly flows like a liquid under the pressure of the electrons
> coursing thru it. It flows fastest where the metal necks down
> or turns. That forms voids at those discontinuities. And
> voids
> are hard failures. (He's dead Jim.) Electromigration is
> highly
> non-linear. So a small increase in current + temperature can
> reduce the life of your chip(s) from 20 years to <1 year.
>
> I have had four computers. I kept them for about 15 years
> (CP/M),
> 10 years (Amiga), 5 years (Linux+Dell), 1 year (Linux+Abit but
> flakey). I intend to keep the current one (Linux+Gigabyte)
> for
> at least 5 years. I don't need to be shortening its life.
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