Idiot fries motherboard

[matt74441]

A guy in my computer class tried to tell me that he managed to overclock his P4 from 2.6GHz to 3.6GHz, keeping the temperature under 100 degrees celcius, and with only a heatsink and fan. We told him that it wasn't possible, so he decided to prove us wrong. The next day he told us that he fried his motherboard.

He is going to RMA it, and he needs to flash the BIOS. The board is completely dead and he needs to be sure that they never find out what he did to it. It is an ASUS board.

[Steven]

ASUS Will read the BIOS Chip by hot swapping it to another unit and realize he overclocked him system 20x over and refuse to give him a new one.

Just watch.

[MR_Candyman]

^agree with staind

Though a LOT of companies give over the counter returns. The one I worked for did this for the first year and then refused to do it any more. Most people would blow it by doing these things, give a replacement, and end up screwed out of the money as the maker wouldn't replace it.

They do check EVERY SINGLE one to make sure it was a manufacturer's defect or not.

[Spyder Veteran]

A guy in my computer class tried to tell me that he managed to overclock his P4 from 2.6GHz to 3.6GHz, keeping the temperature under 100 degrees celcius, and with only a heatsink and fan. We told him that it wasn't possible, so he decided to prove us wrong. The next day he told us that he fried his motherboard.

He is going to RMA it, and he needs to flash the BIOS. The board is completely dead and he needs to be sure that they never find out what he did to it. It is an ASUS board.

lmfao owned

[JK1150]

asus motherboards shouldn't fry due to overclocking, they have all that safe mode stuff

[matt74441]

He disabled the safe mode.

[macster]

Reminds me of a couple of idiots i know who thinks they are very smart

Yes they burned lots of stuff

[matt74441]

I never said that this guy was smart.

[unimatrixzer0]

A guy in my computer class tried to tell me that he managed to overclock his P4 from 2.6GHz to 3.6GHz, keeping the temperature under 100 degrees celcius, and with only a heatsink and fan. We told him that it wasn't possible, so he decided to prove us wrong. The next day he told us that he fried his motherboard.

He is going to RMA it, and he needs to flash the BIOS. The board is completely dead and he needs to be sure that they never find out what he did to it. It is an ASUS board.

lol, is it possible he was successful the first time, but the second time he wasn't so lucky? Are P4's designed to go that high?

[matt74441]

It seems doubtful. But the second time around, he tried overclocking everything at the same time. He practically maxed out everything and that was the end of the board.

[matt74441]

Now hes saying that he is going to try and burn out the BIOS with a stripped power cord.

[JonathanVP]

Freakin' idiot. He desearves a stupid sign on his forehead :D

[rekka]

Any bets on how long it's gonna take before he kills himself?

[antally]

He probably just needs to reset the bios, it is very unlikely he ruined the board without changing any voltages. and why couldn't a 2.6 do 3.6? I've seen 2.4's over that (on air), it is a very possible overclock. Some people should not be aloud to overclock :x and he is one of them, fry the bios chip with a power cable. That has to be the absolute stupidest thing I've ever heard in my life...

-Adam

[Jediweasel]

Poster child for birth control...

:rolleyes:

[Homer]

He should have "IM A STUPID IDIOT AND NEWBIE" Branded on his forehead.

[spacey]

err... i don't think it will work. serves him right anyway.

[kaptain chump]

*cough* dumbass *cough*

man there must be a cold going around

[vasarnap2000]

:rofl: I think he should get an "F---" in the :pc: class, no matter how he does on tests and assignments.

[ANova]

It certainly sounds like he lacks intelligence.

Some P4s can do 3.6, i've seen them go as high as 4.4 ghz. But that involves extreme cooling measures; he tried to do it on air, which isn't very smart.

It is possible he didn't damage anything as well. Sometimes all you have to do is reset the bios, either through a jumper or by manually taking out the cmos battery.

[z1ppeh]

yes hes a fool for doing it, its probably cost him a fair bob or two as well

but how can you judge him and say he lacks intelligence? if he managed to do it to 3.6 then sobeit. well done to him, and if he burned it out, at least he was trying. how the hell do you think half of the **** in teh world gets invented anyway? though trial and error. stop putting someone down just because he has failed once

[Ecander]

lol, is it possible he was successful the first time, but the second time he wasn't so lucky? Are P4's designed to go that high?

Intel Max temp on a P4 is 70C and for a 875/865 northbridge is 99C. If it was anywhere close to 100C the cpu would have caved...I couldnt push past 3.5ghz on my stock HSF.

[isus]

sounds like a kid in my school...

but yes, a very smart guy... frying everything in the mobo with a 120vac power cord... nobody would ever notice that ;)

[ANova]

but how can you judge him and say he lacks intelligence? if he managed to do it to 3.6 then sobeit. well done to him, and if he burned it out, at least he was trying. how the hell do you think half of the **** in teh world gets invented anyway? though trial and error. stop putting someone down just because he has failed once

Before attempting to overclock you have to know what you are doing and the limitations of the chip. I know from experience you generally cannot overclock on air better then 3.2. Anything higher is pushing it as the chip outputs more heat then it's designed for. He was careless, plain and simple.

[generalstupid]

so this would be the first or second time that he touched a computer? Seriously though... his best chance is to take out the bios chip, smash it, then resauder it and say that it spontaneously combusted.