Election Migration

[OpK Chowdy]

what is electron migration? will that occur on my OCed processor?

AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1.4ghz @ 1.55ghz
Soyo Dragon Lite KT333
Geforce4 Ti4200 128mb Visiontek
258mb PC2700 DDR Samsung
Western Digital 80gb 7200rpm 8mb
Seagate 30gb 5400rpm
Coolermaster Hcc-002
Antec 400watt Powersupply
Samsung "DynaFlat" SyncMaster 955DF 19"

[Giblet Plus!]

It occurs on any processor, OCed or not. It probably won't happen very quickly on yours, because it doesn't look like you upped the voltage much. Increased voltage is the primary cause of excess electron migration.

[causticVapor]

OpK, I really wouldn't risk it-- esp. with a Tbird that is maxed out already at stock. Boy, those silicon atoms will really like getting bumped in there!

[Giblet Plus!]

Who really cares? It only means it will last 5 years instead of 15, and I don't think you plan on keeping it another 5 years.

[x51out]

Hey Chowdy, according to the title in your initial post, "Election Migration" is when electronic voting is implemented by a political party for the means of "migrating" votes for the opposition to votes for their party, as was most likely done in Florida and will soon be done throughout the country. Your vote counts... one way or the other... haha. Be prepared for Big Brother. Btw, I finally replace my 1.4ghz T-Bird for a $70odd XP2000+ and I'm glad I did. Think about it

[Wonder]

hehehe... you mean it was *almost* done in Florida until the judges put a stop to it. Depends on which side you look from.

[causticVapor]

Originally posted by Giblet Plus!
Who really cares? It only means it will last 5 years instead of 15, and I don't think you plan on keeping it another 5 years.

It only means it'll last 1 year instead of 15, but if that's the way you think of it....

[Giblet Plus!]

Originally posted by causticVapor



It only means it'll last 1 year instead of 15, but if that's the way you think of it....

Not on a Tbird overclocked only 150 mhz running at default voltages. That thing will last at least 5 years.

[j.m@talk]

O'clocking.................... Nah just buy a bigger one

[bubbleflap]

Originally posted by Giblet Plus!


Not on a Tbird overclocked only 150 mhz running at default voltages. That thing will last at least 5 years.

Giblet plus happeneth to be correct. O'clocking by 150 mhz on default voltage will most certainly not make it last 1 year. i would expect 5 years or more at least. Magic.

[OpK Chowdy]

well i'm not on default voltage though, i'm at 1.8v, where the default is 1.75v. my temps are below 50C.

[Giblet Plus!]

Close enough to defaults to be just fine.

[causticVapor]

How'd I read he had his CPU at 1.95v? Must have been the long day. My bad.