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Any pinmods failing... after awhile?

post #1 of 11
5/29/06 at 5:56pm
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does anyone have any encounters with pinmods/extreme pinmods that failed after a bit of use, like more than a month or so? like pinmods that eventually died i'd like to hear about it. i've currently got a 1.7 400fsb @ 1.420V 2.26GGHz and wanted to know if it will last me at least 5 years?
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post #2 of 11
5/29/06 at 6:01pm
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Originally Posted by erek
does anyone have any encounters with pinmods/extreme pinmods that failed after a bit of use, like more than a month or so? like pinmods that eventually died i'd like to hear about it. i've currently got a 1.7 400fsb @ 1.420V 2.26GGHz and wanted to know if it will last me at least 5 years?

I never have it will simply work or not work. I used simple copper lan wires in mine and it ran all day every day for 6 months with no problems. Now it is in a friends machine running like a champ.
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post #3 of 11
5/29/06 at 6:16pm
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what kind of voltage did you need?
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post #4 of 11
5/29/06 at 6:23pm
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what kind of voltage did you need?

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post #5 of 11
5/29/06 at 6:29pm
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do you use speedstep? i have disabled speedstep as i think it causes a little bit of impact on gaming performance and stuttering.
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post #6 of 11
5/29/06 at 6:34pm
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do you use speedstep? i have disabled speedstep as i think it causes a little bit of impact on gaming performance and stuttering.

Yep I had that turned off because I noticed on some occasions it wasn't going back to full performance.
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post #7 of 11
5/31/06 at 3:07pm
Ive had my Pent M 715 @ 2.0g for a year now, still going strong, im only @ 1.228v. who know if it will last 5 years, you'll probably want a new lappy in 3 yrs anyway.
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post #8 of 11
5/31/06 at 7:49pm
Mine's been fine for about 6 months now.
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post #9 of 11
6/1/06 at 9:09am
will it last 5 years .... yup ....
will it last 10 years yup ....
will it last 255 years yup ....

by the time the CPU dies because of the tiny increase in voltage you have given it you will not be using it anymore. Its a simple fact that as long as you take even ok care of it the cpu will outlast its own usefullness. This is mostly of course since you will throw it out long before it dies. It will cost more in electric to run it then to buy a newer faster one. Take it from a long time overclocker. I have a pentium 2 celron 300a (remember these guys) @ 504 that ran 24 hrs a day 7 days a week for years crunching numbers for seti. I still own it ... its thrown in a cardboard box with moterboard still attached.
I have NEVER had a cpu fail from overclocking. I have had alot of OTHER components fail GPU, memory power supply hard drive butt load of fans etc ... but cpu forget about it.

-keep it clean
-keep it cool by not craming too much around it (if possible)
- thermal paste could use to be reaplied every once in a while thats about it.

if the CPU fails before anything else in your laptop be happy in 20 years it will cost a dollar to buy a used cpu replacement.

Currently my pentium m 2.0 is purring away at 2.66. message me in 10 years I will still have the same cpu in it. Probably will be sitting in a cardboard box next to my last notebook though.
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post #10 of 11
6/1/06 at 5:59pm
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Originally Posted by erek
does anyone have any encounters with pinmods/extreme pinmods that failed after a bit of use, like more than a month or so? like pinmods that eventually died i'd like to hear about it. i've currently got a 1.7 400fsb @ 1.420V 2.26GGHz and wanted to know if it will last me at least 5 years?

Pin modded for 1 year and still running strong. Hottest temp this baby has ever seen is 71C when gaming. I'd say go for it just to say you did it
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post #11 of 11
6/4/06 at 3:29pm
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