The chip that was dead... And then wasn't

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My friend had a chip in his rig. About a week ago it died. We tested everything, and concluded it was the chip. He ordered a new one, and put it in, and the rig worked just fine. He gave me the dead chip because he didn't want it. So I brought it home, and just for giggles decided to plug it in my motherboard to see if it would work. And to my suprise it did. How can a chip not work-and then work? Anyway, I called him up and told him, but he still let me have it. No I just need to get a few more parts and I am on my way to having a folder.

 

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Happened to me and thousands of others.

That's why it's good to walk away and let things cool down sometimes.

Once a bad power supply was the cause of "now it works, now it doesn't" CPU for me so I'd check into it...

 

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yea werid stuff happens.. =d but who cares you got yourself another folder =d

 

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cherryp00t said:

yea werid stuff happens.. =d but who cares you got yourself another folder =d

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Yep, sure did. Now I am going to test my 1600+ which supposedly died on me and see what I can do with that.

 

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whats a folder? sorry im new to O/C'ing.....is it that program you guys run 24/7?

 

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I think they mean
http://forum.oc-forums.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=21

 

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(subliminal) .....Join the Fold......(end subliminal)

 

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Brodie said:

whats a folder? sorry im new to O/C'ing.....is it that program you guys run 24/7?

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No need to apologize! folding is somewhat of a program that stresses our systems, but mainly what it does is we crunch out data a university sends us to find cures for cancers and such. It really is a good thing.

 

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Barnstormer said:

(subliminal) .....Join the Fold......(end subliminal)

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nice, lol