09 Nov 2005

6-feet from the edge

09 Nov 2005

actually, more like 5 MHz from my overclocking limit.

seems that my bro played BF2 today with the [FSB] at 250 MHz, i.e. CPU running at 3.75 GHz. crashed twice.

returned home from work, ran torture tests via [Prime95], and errors popped up.

i think the problem here is that the current [motherboard] i’m using, the ASUS P4P800 SE, doesn’t maintain the voltage i set in the [BIOS]. instead, as CPU load goes higher, the voltage starts to go as low as 1.4 V (when i want it constant at 1.5 V, for example). i’m not confident enough to start soldering stuff on my motherboard, so i guess i’ll let it be. for now, i’ll just stick to moving the FSB up slowly to hit the current limit (it’s at 245 MHz now).

anyway, it was my first day of work today after such a long break. i was so sleepy the entire day. skipped lunch just to take a nap. new issues keep pouring in, remorseless and unrelenting. argh, the stress!

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  1. myuu November 10th, 2005 8:11PM

    i forgot to mention that my car couldn’t start that morning. had to borrow my sister’s car, making me 10 minutes late.

    just got it fixed today. stupid battery.

  2. jane March 25th, 2008 3:54AM

    Those were the days! 245MHz reads like old history now. But I don’t understand the cat!

  3. Simon March 30th, 2008 6:25AM

    The overclocking conundrum! 🙂

  4. myuu March 30th, 2008 10:33PM

    cat? what cat? 😛

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