after the burn in...

[gohmdoree]

i wanted to ask...i had two pii 333's for about a year, running on my dual system. i'm hearing about a burn in period. i'm pretty new to computers and especially to overclocking...

it'll be no problem overclocking right? could someone explain to me this burn in period of getting new cpu's.

[Isos]

Just try. If you're lucky it will go. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[phenouzfrk]

gohmdoree,

Don't listen to the dope that wrote you. You should find out more information about it before you go and possibly ruin 2 perfectly good P2s. I'm not too familiar with the "burn in period" myself cause I am kinda new to overclocking myself.

Phenouzfrk

[JP]

If something electronic is going to break, it will usually do so early in its life. A Burn in stresses a computer (and CPU) in order to break it during the 30 warranty period instead of shortly after the 30 days is up. We burn in all the systems we build before we send them off so that if it is going to break, it will break in my shop, not at the customer's house.
-JP
http://members.xoom.com/PSComputers

[Shelomo]

JP's right. Burning in a CPU is always a good thing. Typically good programs to do this are...1) the infamous Quake II demo loop. If your system can handle running that for 48 hours straight, rest assured it is rock solid! The demo of MDK, which you can download from www.playmatestoys.com also comes with a performance check that cranks the FPU. I've burned in a few systems by just leaving the performance check on for a couple of days. Be careful doing this, as you've had your processors a while, and you don't have a warranty on them. If you want to overclock as safely as possible, just move up in small steps. What I usually do is turn the FSB up as high as I want it to go and adjust the multipliers accordingly until the system just won't stay stable or requires more voltage than I'm willing to put in it. To be honest, I'd rather have a processor running at, say, 350 on a 100Mhz bus than at 366 on a 75Mhz bus. So turn up the bus and do what you need to do to get the speed where you want it without losing stability. Good luck!

Oh, another thing. There's a lot of good information about overclocking at www.aceshardware.com I'd recommend going there and searching these BBS's until you get a good feel for what you're going to.

[This message has been edited by Shelomo (edited 02-20-99).]

[gohmdoree]

thanks phenouzfrk, JP, Shelomo, even Isos.

i'll check them suckers out and see how it goes...