I have never heard of a chip being fried, and still working at it's
original speed rating.
It could be something else, like the BX chipset or Memory, or something else.
Besides, 99.9% of CPU's have some sort of thermal control. If it gets too
hot, they lock on purpose to minimize damage. Some (especially laptops)
have something called throttling on them, where the cpu actually slows
itself down until it reaches acceptable operating temperatures, and then
clocks back at it's normal speed.
I am not the kind of guy that likes to just over clock. I o/c and then
torture my systems as much as possible :-)
For example, I over clock, run distributed.net clients, pop3 servers, this
and that and God knows what. I have NEVER EVER blown a chip in my
life. (touch wood). :-) Just take sensible precautions.
Always invest in decent size fans.
Always use Thermal Joint Compound.
(If possible, run the system with the case cover open). Since I always
tweak my system, I never close the cover. Also, my computer is in the
basement, so it is inherently cooler there.
At 11:21 AM 2/2/00 -0700, you wrote:
>What about systems that have been overclocked, but are now run at rated
>speeds? I know of at least one person with a permanently unstable system
>because he overcooked his chip.
"Unix is simple, but it takes a genius to understand the simplicity." -
Dennis Ritchie
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