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theburner · 08-04-2004, 05:05 AM

WHOA.. There is something called the Sudden Northwood Death Syndrome. Nobody is 100% sure what causes it, but the general line of thinking is a Vcore increase outside of a specific range.
Bottom line, I have only every increased my Vcore up one notch in my Bios. I have seen documentation that says you can go up .200, but no higher. Play with your Vcore at your own risk with a Northwood.
BTW, the Vcore voltage might not immediately kill your cpu. You will see a performance drop/ system malfunction, and then drop down to stock to see if that is the problem. Once you get to stock, you 2.4 will only show as a 1.8 or so. It goes downhill from there.

Edit: Here is a link to an article about SNDS.. Google for more info.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/print/news6375.html

08-04-2004, 05:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
theburner Canadian Beer Ambassador Location: Cumming, GA	WHOA.. There is something called the Sudden Northwood Death Syndrome. Nobody is 100% sure what causes it, but the general line of thinking is a Vcore increase outside of a specific range. Bottom line, I have only every increased my Vcore up one notch in my Bios. I have seen documentation that says you can go up .200, but no higher. Play with your Vcore at your own risk with a Northwood. BTW, the Vcore voltage might not immediately kill your cpu. You will see a performance drop/ system malfunction, and then drop down to stock to see if that is the problem. Once you get to stock, you 2.4 will only show as a 1.8 or so. It goes downhill from there. Edit: Here is a link to an article about SNDS.. Google for more info. http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/print/news6375.html __________________ Take Off Eh! Last edited by theburner; 08-04-2004 at 05:08 AM..