I shelled out for a new 1.5ghz P4

[glennfoster]

So here i am on the new forum!!!! Whoopee! and dont it look cool????!!!!!

Anyway....about my new computer.

This is the first new computer I bought since a spectrum +3 back in 1985....and I made a mistake then...should of bought an Atari ST.

Its cost me 1099 pounds (i am in the uk) and I thought...."nice one...somthing to better my old AMD500."

But look whats happened? I think I have purchased a dog! Im so sad. Will anyone cheer me up? Why the hell does it throttle down to 750MHZ when it gets a bit hot? Does this mean that if I get a decent power supply and the most expensive fan available it will run at 1.5 as it should?

Can it be unlocked like the athlons with a lead pencil? so If I get 1.8GHZ I will only have a 900 when it 'throttles down'

All I feel llike saying at the moment is 'bolox, I have bought a crock of crap again'....

I take delivery of it next tuesday.....Until then I am not sure what the exact specifications of the computer are, Do you think I should cancell the order?

Oh please tell me I have nothing to worry about.

Glenn

[dozier768]

welp ill keep my opinions too myself, but this was a feature thought up by the eggheads at intel, to keep the cpu from getting damaged, unfortunately its now biting you in the keester, as far as i know the only alternative is to keep it cool enough so that that little bugger doesnt kick in. and it cannot be unlocked but you can juice up the FSB and dont expect the throttling mechanism to not kick in when u do it

[glennfoster]

so does this mean that it kicks in when the chip gets too hot or when it drains a certain amount of current (wattage). If its the amount of current it draws can this be overcome by increasing the chip voltage so it uses less current?

this is a wild guess at a sollution, dont know much about electrics.

[dozier768]

as far as i know its a temp issue, but i may be wrong im sure someone else will confirm it pretty soon here

[TUK101]

As far as I know this comp. that you have bought does the same thing that a laptop does. A laptop throttles down the juice when it starts getting hot. What I would do is invest in a quality heatsink/fan. That would keep your temps down a bunch and possibly keep your comp from throttling down. I don't think that a new power supply would solve this problem, and the ones for the P4's are pretty expensive. Also adding a case fan if you dont already have one in the case would help out quite a bit as well. So in a nutshell.........get those temps down.:eek:

[JetMech]

This throttle thingy can be good or bad depending on how you look at. You would never have to worry about temping the chip to death as some overclock attempts have done. For Intel, the problem of recieving a slew of chips back that "just died" is minimized. The question I have is why would a chip that is not overclocked, running what should be an Intel HSF be overtemping. Also what temp is threshold for the downthrottle.

[glennfoster]

Originally posted by r_wesleyjr
The question I have is why would a chip that is not overclocked, running what should be an Intel HSF be overtemping.



Also what temp is threshold for the downthrottle.

Very good questions indeed....does anyone have an answer????

I wait with baited breath...(I must buy some more mouthwash....stop chewing lavae when I go fishing...etc )