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Intel Patents Anti-Overclocking Technology
VCAGuy writes "It appears that Intel has pantented a crystal-locking technology to lock processors to the processor's clock speed. The Inquirer has a story about it, and you can read the patent description from the USPTO. Let's hope AMD doesn't try to copy this..."
I knew I should have patented my anti-anti-oveclocking technology some years ago...
I really really want to underclock my cpus to hardware emulate old machines.
now if i can get a p4 down to 8mhz and in 286 mode
I'm heading to my local patent office to patent my right to not buy Intel processors.
It's official, " Intel owns the patent on stupidity "?
the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
LOL I feel your pain, pal....
I have two AMD Tbirds in my desk drawer as remiders to 1) Pay ATTENTION to how much you're trying to overclock a chip (I KNOW I had that jumper on the right pins, and 2) ALWAYS make sure you have a heatsink on your chip when you hit the power switch! The chip in example 2 lasted about 3 seconds before the smoke appeared. It also toasted the moboard....
Electronics is all smoke and mirrors. If you let the smoke out of a device, it will never work again!
The number 1 problem of working in a cubicle - 23 power cords, 1 outlet...
From the patent: "Unscrupulous resellers and/or distributors may purchase less expensive processors that are rated at lower clock frequencies and then remark those processor at higher clock frequencies, a procedure known as over-clocking. "
Phew! I thought that they were onto us price aware hackers at home.
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Current pentiums are hot; future ones will be volcanic. Overclocking the chip of the near future will lead to a plasma that will destroy the world as we no it. So, be glad Intel is looking out for you! -Iowa
"He who laughs last, didn't get the joke."-Cap
Hope you're wearing some heat resistent gloves!
"People that quote themselves in their signatures bother me" - athakur999
The russian pulls a bottle of vodka from his jacket, opens it, takes a quick pull then opens the window and throws the bottle out and shuts the window again. The cuban turns to the russian and says, "Why you throw away perfectly good vodka like that?" The russian replies, "in Russia, we have the best vodka in the entire world and more of it than we know what to do with, I can afford to do that, no problem."
The cuban considers what the russian has said then pulls a cigar from a pocket, lights it up, takes a couple puffs, opens the window, throws it out and shuts the window again. The russian is non-plused, but the salesman and the overclocker look amazedly at the cuban. The cuban says, "in Cuba we have the best cigars in all the world and so many of them they just get in the way."
The salesman and overclocker each consider this for a moment. Then the salesman opens the window and bodily throws the overclocker from the trai
A feeling of having made the same mistake before: Deja Foobar
Well that's what Intel gets for coming up with such stupid names. Cerely, Itanic... I haven't heard of any good perversions of Duron or Athlon (except Moron). I guess AMD thinks about their names a little more than Intel... "Can anyone change a letter or two in this product name and make us look really stupid?" Honestly, marketing people are so stupid. Remember GM and their attempt at selling the Nova in Mexico? "No go"