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Old September 18th 03, 05:28 PM
Ben Pope
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Wayne Youngman wrote:
Is 1.75v ok to be running this chip at, as I said temps are ok so far. .
.I hope it passes the Prime95 test as I don't really wanna raise Vcore
above
1.75 if I can. . .


Volatge doesn't kill chips, temperature does. As long as the core
temperature is 85°C you'll be ok. (leave some tolerance... for sensor
miscalibration and differences throughout the core - 10°C is probably
enough, but if the core is 65°C your cooling is probably off.)

P.S I have CPU interface enabled. Is there some options that make a CPU
overclock less stable? (spread-spectrum etc)


Spread spectrum drifts the clock slightly in order to reduce EMI, but that
introduces another unknown and can lead to unusual crashes - it justs makes
stability testing that little bit harder.)

Ben
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