Should I have underclocked.

[CBFalconer]

.... snip ...

Obviously I don't know everything I ws just stateing some basic
laws of physics. If in a physics class I said power was directly
proportional to currrent in an electrical circuit I would get my
knuckles rapped and deservidly so!!!

Probably be told to write out "Power equals I squared R" 1000
times too!!

PLONK thread.

 

[Donald McTrevor]

No, it is not proportional to the square root.
You have zero evidence to suggest it is and this is getting
ridiculous. You are essentially trying to reinvent facts
already known. Your argument is not valid and it is a waste
of time to argue something already proven false.


That's not a cache benchmark.

Never said it was.

I'd already suggested a benchmark for the cache but you are
intent on wasting time instead.

Well the K2 has no L2 cache anyway.

It could easily be that your motherboard or power supply are
simply aged to the point where they aren't stable with this
higher CPU load on them- something else I had also mentioned
briefly about the system age being a factor in upgrade
viability.

I know its only a 100watt supply.

However, we can only assume what you have or haven't done to
set it up, you might recheck the jumpers to confirm they
were correct.


It needs a 100% overhaul, not just a motherboard and CPU.
You might keep the floppy drive though, as one that old may
be out of alignment and any floppies made with it may not be
as readable with a new floppy drive.

Mobo PSU CPU And memory. The case and drives are fine.

 

[Donald McTrevor]

PLONK thread.

CBFalconer's rattle fly's right out of the pram.
He's not a happy little baby today, no doubt he will grow out
of it though :O|

 

[kony]

Well the K2 has no L2 cache anyway.

I never said it did.
I said "test the L2 cache".
The board has it, and THAT was what you were "supposed" to
be checking the whole time. Most socket 7 CPUs don't have
L2 on the CPU itself, that is why the motherboard does.

I know its only a 100watt supply.

Well, it was 100W, but now it may be several years old?
Considering the Sis chipset, the 100W CPU, Cyrix CPU, this
was a relatively low-end system even new and it wouldn't be
surprising if the power supply isn't adquate at this point.
Further, if the PSU is struggling it may not be enough for
even the Cyrix CPU, eventually. Getting a decade out of a
PSU in a budget-grade box is exceptional and anything more
at this point is just good luck (or lesser use of the
system).

Mobo PSU CPU And memory. The case and drives are fine.

It isn't an ATX case is it? Can't be reuse then unless
you're a sheet-metal guru and feel like spending a few hours
to convert it.

The hard drive is one of the most significant bottlenecks to
basic uses, if you put it in a new system as the main HDD it
would cripple the system. Additionally it's age makes it a
liability, they do wear out eventually.

 

[~misfit~]

Donald McTrevor wrote:

*Even more!!!!*

Man, you post a lot! Try starting one thread and sticking to it huh?

Or are you really a fairly acomplished troll?

 

[Donald McTrevor]

Donald McTrevor wrote:

*Even more!!!!*

Man, you post a lot! Try starting one thread and sticking to it huh?

Or are you really a fairly acomplished troll?

I dion't spend enough time on the net to fully understand the term
'troll', it seems to me that the term is only fully understood by menbers
of the species.

I believe the hardeened trolls spend a lot of time critisiisng perfectlly
normal behaviour.

How much I post is no concern of anyone but myself, and the
'troll hunting' variety of trolls.

 

[kony]

I dion't spend enough time on the net to fully understand the term
'troll',

LOL, that's ridiculous, you've made hundreds of posts in the
last few months.

it seems to me that the term is only fully understood by menbers
of the species.

Again you are making things up.
You are a troll. Even so, trolls also sometimes have
hardware problems, it was being generous to try to help you
get your system running when all you kept doing is running
around in circles instead of simply setting up a single CPU
and benching it. If it takes over 3 posts TOTAL to do that
you are not being productive.

I believe the hardeened trolls spend a lot of time critisiisng perfectlly
normal behaviour.

I believe your beliefs are subjective and do not change what
a troll is in any other subjective or popularly-held
objective view.

How much I post is no concern of anyone but myself, and the
'troll hunting' variety of trolls.

True up to a point, but untrue in the larger picture.

 

[~misfit~]

CBFalconer's rattle fly's right out of the pram.
He's not a happy little baby today, no doubt he will grow out
of it though :O|

I was right. A troll.

 

[half_pint]

LOL, that's ridiculous, you've made hundreds of posts in the
last few months.


Again you are making things up.
You are a troll. Even so, trolls also sometimes have
hardware problems, it was being generous to try to help you
get your system running when all you kept doing is running
around in circles instead of simply setting up a single CPU
and benching it. If it takes over 3 posts TOTAL to do that
you are not being productive.

I didn't need benchmarks I already had accurate ones from that
site, which you and others would not accept were correct.
They were correct of course.
Which means those who doubted them were wrong.

*Wrong.*

 

[Donald McTrevor]

I was right. A troll.

Wrong miss-fit.

 

[kony]

I didn't need benchmarks I already had accurate ones from that
site, which you and others would not accept were correct.
They were correct of course.
Which means those who doubted them were wrong.

*Wrong.*

Several of the synthetic CPU benchmarks looked roughly
accurate. The Doom (gaming) one certainly did not. Anyone
who feels a mid-speed K6-2 can game as well as a upper speed
Coppermine P3 hasn't done much gaming nor benchmarking for
several years.