From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Overclocking CPU causes segmentation fault
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:35:45 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50FEDC01.9080306@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50FE429A.8060708@nileshgr.com>
Am 22.01.2013 08:41, schrieb Nilesh Govindrajan:
> So I have this old E2180 processor and no money as of now to buy a new
> rig :P
> I'm trying to overclock my CPU using BIOS host clock control and
> everything is fine at 2.6 Ghz up to bootloader.
>
> Kernel segfaults. Any idea why? I'm running pf-kernel 3.7.2 and it
> doesn't work with vanilla kernel either.
>
> Intel MCE is disabled in kernel configuration.
>
>
and now you know why overclocking is stupid. (disabling mce is stupid
too btw).
Before there are segfaults there are silent data corruption errors. The
file you downloaded and saved to the disk? Damaged - and you won't
know... or you will, when those errors add up, turning precious data
into binary garbage.
Only overclock if there is nothing of worth on your computer - and
nothing of worth done with it. But in that case - why use it in the
first place?
Don't be stupid. Don't overvlock.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-22 18:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-01-22 7:41 [gentoo-user] Overclocking CPU causes segmentation fault Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-01-22 9:16 ` Helmut Jarausch
2013-01-22 9:43 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2013-01-22 11:14 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-01-22 11:43 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2013-01-22 11:46 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-01-22 13:49 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-01-22 18:35 ` Volker Armin Hemmann [this message]
2013-01-22 18:45 ` [gentoo-user] " Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-01-23 1:55 ` Dale
2013-01-23 8:21 ` [gentoo-user] " Nikos Chantziaras
2013-01-23 12:09 ` Dale
2013-01-23 14:22 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2013-01-23 15:09 ` Nilesh Govindrajan
2013-01-23 15:35 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2013-01-23 16:22 ` Bruce Hill
2013-01-23 16:32 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2013-01-23 17:16 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2013-01-23 17:21 ` Michael Mol
2013-01-23 18:46 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2013-01-23 17:13 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2013-01-23 18:52 ` Nikos Chantziaras
2013-01-24 2:23 ` [gentoo-user] " Peter Humphrey
2013-01-24 4:08 ` Dale
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