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Re: Upgrade to 6 core CPU...now desktop hangs?

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Hi Paul,

On Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:24:25 UTC, Paul Ratcliffe 
<abuse@orac12.clara34.co56.uk78> wrote:

> On 20 Jan 2012 04:26:10 GMT, Dariusz Piatkowski <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > As it happened I somehow wanted to see if overclocking the hardware would help 
> > out with the issue I was seeing. Not really knowing what was causing the 
> > problems I was seeing I had nothing else to try.
> 
> It's blindingly obvious that overclocking something is NEVER going to help
> anything. It's also pretty pointless, as well as all the other potential
> consequences... as you found out.


Hmm...given the symptoms I was seeing, namely intermittent no-problem boot into 
the 6-core configuration, overclocking certainly had a lot to offer. For 
starters, CPU frequency as well as memory settings will have direct impact on 
the behaviour of the system. Not to even mention things like the CPU built-in 
memory controller, CPU-NB timing, etc, etc...the list goes on, and you know what
I'm talking about if you understand any of the AMD Phenom II CPU and chipset 
architecture. In my case, it appears doing so did improve the boot situation, 
although at the expense of the hardware itself. As with many other posts on the 
subject of 'Desktop boot hang', it all appears to be related to some type of a 
timing issue.

Bummer??? Umm...perhaps, but this was an el-cheapo MB (total expense $20 when 
purchased NEW over 1 yr ago...so yeah, I think I got my money's worth out of 
it). Do I wish that it lived longer? For sure...failure is no fun, no matter 
when...lol...live and learn though...and other then the obvious 
challenge/nuisance factor, it's a bit fun after all, how else do you plan on 
learning and discovering new things?

Just because I'm an OS2 user by choice I have no plans to bow my head down and 
accept the OEM supplied settings for my systems. Countless thousands out there 
play around with this stuff. Can a successfull overclock work? You bet your 
behind...there certainly is some thrill to being able to run a family DSLR 1080p
movie encoding, while I'm watching another 1080 video, serving content over the 
web-server, and pulling down some of my kids' favourite TV comics...so yeah, 
fun. 

If anything, I wish more folks would do this. Since our community is so small, 
it's exceedingly difficult to find any real knowledge and insight into these 
types of problems. The real know-how of the inner-workings appears to be gone 
and/or moved-on. For instance, quite frankly, your post added absolutely nothing
to this discussion...sorry, just being blunt here. I do welcome real 
contributions that extend our understanding of the problem and hopefully the 
identification of proper way to resolve the problem. So if you feel up to the 
challenge, by all means, feel free to re-consider your input and provide a real 
suggestion worth carrying on with.

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