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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: EEVIAC on November 09, 2009, 11:52:35 PM

Title: Host Burn-In mode
Post by: EEVIAC on November 09, 2009, 11:52:35 PM: I've got a Pent. 4 641 (SL9KF) Motherboard Intel D945GCCRG1

My bios allows "Host Burn in mode" but when I set it to +4% and boot the computer, CPU-Z shows that FSB speed and Processor Speed at their regular speeds...no increase

Could this be because Intel locked the cpu and/or FSB from being overclocked?
Title: Re: Host Burn-In mode
Post by: Quantos on November 09, 2009, 11:58:18 PM: Why would you want to overclock an older system?

Most machines become accustomed to the power accorded them over time, overclocking an older machine can kill it really fast.
Title: Re: Host Burn-In mode
Post by: EEVIAC on November 10, 2009, 12:00:11 AM: It's not that old of a machine. I got it in the middle of 2007..
Title: Re: Host Burn-In mode
Post by: Vikram Varaprasad on November 10, 2009, 12:02:47 AM: if you use the AGP/PCI Burn-in Mode BIOS feature to overclock the AGP and PCI bus, Intel automatically disables this BIOS feature and you won't be able to overclock the processor and memory modules.
Title: Re: Host Burn-In mode
Post by: Quantos on November 10, 2009, 12:06:12 AM: Quote from: EEVIAC on November 10, 2009, 12:00:11 AM
It's not that old of a machine. I got it in the middle of 2007..

That is an old system for OC.

I don't even recommend OC on a new system. OC causes heat and power issues which kill hardware.
Title: Re: Host Burn-In mode
Post by: EEVIAC on November 10, 2009, 12:11:12 AM: Quote from: Vikram Varaprasad on November 10, 2009, 12:02:47 AM
if you use the AGP/PCI Burn-in Mode BIOS feature to overclock the AGP and PCI bus, Intel automatically disables this BIOS feature and you won't be able to overclock the processor and memory modules.

I realize this... PCI/PCIe burn in mode are currently disabled

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That is an old system for OC.

I don't even recommend OC on a new system. OC causes heat and power issues which kill hardware.

Well, thx for the pointer...didn't realize my system is relatively old

I'm still curious as to why no speed increases are apparent ;)
Title: Re: Host Burn-In mode
Post by: Quantos on November 10, 2009, 12:12:08 AM: Because the hardware is not capable of it without failing entirely.
Title: Re: Host Burn-In mode
Post by: Salmon Trout on November 10, 2009, 12:59:52 AM: Quote from: Quantos on November 09, 2009, 11:58:18 PM

Most machines become accustomed to the power accorded them over time, overclocking an older machine can kill it really fast.

This is nonsense.
Title: Re: Host Burn-In mode
Post by: BC_Programmer on November 10, 2009, 01:13:26 AM: I tend to agree.

I was recently able to overclock my old 350Mhz K6-2 to 400Mhz using the jumpers, and it had been running at 350Mhz for nearly 9 years. I did however have heat dissipation problems even with the new heatsink, and resulting errors.

I then replaced the CPU with a 500Mhz model :)
Title: Re: Host Burn-In mode
Post by: Quantos on November 10, 2009, 01:14:33 AM: Quote from: Salmon Trout on November 10, 2009, 12:59:52 AM
This is nonsense.

No, actually I've seen it.
Title: Re: Host Burn-In mode
Post by: BC_Programmer on November 10, 2009, 01:16:26 AM: They don't get used to being overclocked... that's just silly.

By the same token could one say that running a 100 watt light-bulb at 60 watts will eventually make the bulb unable to output 100 watts?

Additionally why stop at while power is applied, heck, if you leave a CPU untouched for years should it not get used to having no power running through it? what metric is used to determine "when" the chips "power memory" is being affected?