Quote Originally Posted by mrcape View Post
Hey Hey! Chip #2 has slightly degraded, needs a little more vcore to be stable at old clocks and idles 2 or 3C hotter. This time with max vcore = 1.415v, no prime or anything but PI at that high v. It almost seems like running high FSB period is doing the damage. The temps never broke 56C and like I said vcore 1.415v. Other max v - VTT - 1.15v, PLL - 1.55v, NB - 1.45v, VDIMM - 2.3v.

This was all the result of a little PI and 3dmark benching on Saturday. The next day, I noticed temps a bit higher so I checked to see if it had degraded by going back to a previously prime stable setting in cmos reloaded. It needed a vcore bump from 1.22v to 1.25v to pass.

Oh well, it still passes prime at 1.25vcore set in bios, but I want my baby back! lol I have a record of before and after, and what I did along the way, but before I plug it all in as a reply here, is there a database specific to degradation anywhere? I'm hoping it doesn't continue it's downhill slide as long as I stay under 1.3vcore from here on out. Has anyone else had chip seem to degrade, backed off, and then it stayed put? Most of the experiences I read about say that it kept going down the tubes.
Maybe there's something I dont understand, but why would degradation make your temps go up? TRUEs are know for their mounting problems. Is it possible that you're not making as good of contact as before?