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New Theory: AMD's CPU Throttling damaged the power supply.

Hello,

I have a new theory how the power supply got damaged:

AMD's X2 3800+ dual core processor has CPU Throttling.

I downloaded a special AMD Software tool called AMD Power Monitor or something like that.

Which throttles back the CPU when it's idling... then when it needs to do work the cpu is throttled up.

So on idle the processor will work at 1.0 volts... and then when it's busy it will work on 2.0 volts... maybe even voltages between it.

These voltages fluctuations occur very rapidly.

Think of it like this:

You turn on the water... you turn off the water... then you turn it on again... then you turn it off again.

If you do this at the right pace... the water in the tubes will start to pound on the inner tubing... and sooner or later something is going to break.

This is probably what is happening inside the electronics.

It will work for a while... but after one or two years of heavy usage... kiss it goodbye !

Fluctuations in temperature seem to also cause problems for gpu's in laptops...

Try doing that with your teeth fillings... ouch ;)

Crappy hardware nowadays, me very sorry I bought this crap.

But it is powerfull and with some nice Skybuck experience and knowledge it might work after all.

So I gotta find a new power supply... and leave the processor at always 2.0 volts to prevent any damage or temperature fluctuations.

Don't know what happens to gpu though... though the 7900 gtx seems to be able to take quiet a beating... don't know about the components around it on the motherboard though ;)

You've been warned people =D

Bye, Skybuck.

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Skybuck Flying
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The clock rate is throttled, not the supply voltage.

Reply to
miso

You don't need a new power supply. Your problem is caused by dark electrons (as opposed to light(normal)) ones. You have to sequester the dark electrons as they emerge from the power supply, this is done with an electron trap. These devices are not widely known or available, but I can sell you plans for an excellent unit.

Reply to
Marty

Do you want to purchase a bridge? Anyway, its the dark matter/energy which might hold a galaxy together that is the problem. Perhaps he need to sue whoever is responsible for creating his brain. Sue parents or GOD? Humm...

Reply to
Chris M. Thomasson

There is not a single idiot in the world that this guy wouldn't top.

The entire gamut range of available CPU throttling cannot damage the power supply.

He is an utter retard, and should stay OUT of all PC cases. The little idiot should stay OUT of the goddamned BIOS settings as well.

Reply to
FatBytestard

It's... full of stars!

Reply to
FatBytestard

According to him, he has trashed about 5 computers in the last three years.

I don't think it is a mommy and daddy issue, although mommy might be found criminally negligent in that she didn't flush him the moment she shat him.

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FatBytestard

Sure there is; Dimbulb.

...and SED.

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If you throttle the clock rate the processor voltage can be as well. =20 Reducing the clock rate reduces power less than linearly (constant=20 leakage, which is significant). Reducing the voltage reduces the=20 power by the square.=20

--=20 Keith

Reply to
krw

PLEASE refrain from even attempting to tell folks what to do in Usenet,

You RETARDED FUCK!

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I don't see this being done on desktop CPUs.

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That is ridiculous.

A HUGE number of motherboards not only allow memory timing adjustments. Most, if not all of those also have provisions for reducing or raising the voltage setpoint of specific rails..

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You are irrelevant. "Dynamic, on-the-fly rails" and digital logic doesn't go together, dingledorf.

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Wrong again, AlwaysWrong. How *do* you do it, Dimbulb? Modulating=20 the power rails is a well known method for reducing power=20 consumption in laptops. ...unless you don't consider=20 microprocessors to be "digital logic".

--=20 Keith

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krw

Sleep with a reduced rail voltage is quite different from full bore operation with sliding rails.

So no. When the mobo throttles voltages, it also throttles the cloock, and no, that is NOT an example of a varying rail on an active digital pathway.

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Archimedes' Lever

No, Dimbulb. Fully operational with reduced voltage for low power operation. Reducing the clock only gets a linear reduction in power, and zero savings if you measure CPU cycles per watt. Reduce the voltage at the same time and the power goes down by the third power.

Wrong again, Dimbulb. They've been modulating power rails for at least five years.

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krw

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