Sad OC story, can I get some sympothy or a hug or something ! [Archive]

Major

03-02-2003, 03:55 AM

Monday - Order NF7-S v1.2 and 2x512m Geil PC3700

Thursday - Order Arrives, all is good in my life.

Friday - Noon take off from work to play with shinny new toys

Sat - Destroy NF7-S with too much vdd 2.1v, spend evening getting A7N8X back up, atleast I still have my new memory to play with.

Sun - 2Am Destroy one stick of Geil PC3700 with vmem of 3.2v

P.S. Can I come work on your PC?

:D

CCW

03-02-2003, 04:16 AM

:eek:

You clearly have a lot of cash to BURN! Sorry to hear it man. Overclocking clearly is an expensive hobbie.

Craig

Shane5578

03-02-2003, 04:21 AM

that'll put you off building pc's for a while :D

Major

03-02-2003, 04:33 AM

Thats all I get so far, a kick in the rump and a punch to the jaw ?;)

QuadDamage

03-02-2003, 04:36 AM

sad news indeed. so you say only 3.2V killed your stick?

i killed all my mobos btw, and i don't even have operational pc at home...

Major

03-02-2003, 04:38 AM

QuadDamge's post makes me feel better !
:toast:

Stepper

03-02-2003, 04:44 AM

Major Slaughter,
U may or may not know...I Drag Race a '69 Camaro...I've blown uP every V8 Chevrolet ever made...and two Epox 8RDA's...Welcome To The Club!:toast:

Major

03-02-2003, 04:48 AM

Cool !!!!! I had a 69 Bb and 68 Sb when I was young, real young !

Marriage changed all that.

Ok that got my mind off of my computer problems, gona go dig throgh the photo album now ! hehe

CCW

03-02-2003, 04:51 AM

im gonna go for a bit of C&C Generals....on my WORKING computer... :D :rotf:

ok, im sorry :mad: :(

Craig

Stepper

03-02-2003, 04:52 AM

Originally posted by Major Slaughter
Cool !!!!! I had a 69 Bb and 68 Sb when I was young, real young !

Marriage changed all that.

Ok that got my mind off of my computer problems, gona go dig throgh the photo album now ! hehe

I bought the Camaro NEW!!!...My Wife likes it waaay better than Frank-In-Stein...that would be this system...:eek:

Major

03-02-2003, 05:03 AM

Hell ya !

It's a good thing I ain't married nomore cause I don't think she'd take a likin to the time spent wit my puter.

Stepper

03-02-2003, 05:21 AM

Originally posted by Major Slaughter
Hell ya !

It's a good thing I ain't married nomore cause I don't think she'd take a likin to the time spent wit my puter. I feel ya on that...that's what I sayin too...the Camaro is pretty much...gas-n-go...but with Frank-In-Stein it's always...:brick: :bsod: :brick:...not to even mention the ca$h outlay...but I didn't say that... :cool:

mdzcpa

03-02-2003, 05:29 AM

Sorry to here about your bad luck there Major:(

Funny thing....I made the move from cars to computers 2 years ago thinking it would be cheaper. It's true that hot rodding computers is cheaper than hot rodding cars I think...but not by much...and that is a crazy thought given how expensive rodding cars can be.

The Mustang is still here.....the wife says it can come out on the "nice" days of summer.;)

Major

03-02-2003, 05:42 AM

thanks mike,

I can remember when hotroding a pc ment putting another 64k in (all 9 chips),a math co-processor, and upgrading to a cga card and monitor, look the spread sheet is in 16 colors !

mdzcpa

03-02-2003, 05:59 AM

Originally posted by Major Slaughter
thanks mike,

I can remeber when hotroding a pc ment putting another 64k in (all 9 chips),a math co-processor, and upgrading to a cga card and monitor, look the spread sheet is in 16 colors !

Ha...no §§§§....ain't that the truth:) I remember putting one of those Cyrix 386 to 486 piggy back chips on my first 386 box. Boy...I thought that was over the top at that point:cool:

Stepper

03-02-2003, 06:03 AM

I've had over 60 cars...only bout 22 computers...still gotta lotta catchin uP to do...:thumbsup:

TheDude

03-02-2003, 06:07 AM

I feel your pain Major Slaughter!,

I have burned up my share of PC parts and just sold my 69 T-Bird not long ago. Probably gonna sell my bike in the spring to support my habit.
:mad:

Major

03-02-2003, 06:15 AM

I don't have anything left to sell, probably resort to holding up liquer stores b4 its over.

RichBa5tard

03-02-2003, 09:10 AM

maybe my sig will cheer you up. :)

Major

03-02-2003, 09:15 AM

Yep feel better already!!:p

mdzcpa

03-02-2003, 09:21 AM

BTW, only a little off topic here, but what size pot do you recommend for the vdd mod? I want to be on the conservative side....under 2v for sure. From my understanding, it's just a basic Pin 6 to ground off the 6520 IC just under the AGP slot.

Anything else I need to know besides the size of the pot?

Major

03-02-2003, 09:35 AM

I used a 10k vr, I set it mid range at 5k which gave me just over 1.8v you take the vdd measurement off the mosfet leg thats just below the Agp slot near the 6520 chip. Its an pretty easy mod if you have a small tip iron, I use a 15w weller. getting to the mosfet for a measurement is sorta hard. The post where I saw the mod (I think it was opp) said he soldiered a wire to the leg so he could take measurements, not a bad idea.

mdzcpa

03-02-2003, 09:37 AM

Originally posted by Major Slaughter
I used a 10k vr, I set it mid range at 5k which gave me just over 1.8v you take the vdd measurement off the mosfet leg thats just below the Agp slot near the 6520 chip. Its an pretty easy mod if you have a small tip iron, I use a 15w weller. getting to the mosfet for a measurement is sorta hard. The post where I saw the mod (I think it was opp) said he soldiered a wire to the leg so he could take measurements, not a bad idea.

Thanks M8:) This is what I needed to know. I'm off to Radio Shack!