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Thread ID: 28299	2002-12-16 00:43:00	Win MP 9 - cpu usage	pluto (2246)	Press F1

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106466	2002-12-17 04:10:00	The juddering can be fixed by a couple of measures. 1 enable DMA on your hard drives. If your using XP its already done for you. check what your media player uses to send the sound out. Unfortunately WMP does not have this option. Therefore goto control panel and then sound settings. See if there is a different output device avaliable. And have a wee play around to see if you get any judders. IF this still doesn't fix it. use winamp. or my prefered which is MediaJukebox by J river. Also have a look at your directx settings. Go along to the sound tab then ensure that hardware exceleration is at full.	roofus (483)
106467	2003-02-13 01:37:00	This thread was posted awhile ago . Since i downloaded WMP9 final version recently my cpu still was always 100% and any fancy Visualisations definitely made Judders . But i managed to do alittle tweaking to get my 333Cele upto 376Mh :) feels good squeezing a little more juice out of this pooor CPU . But thankfully now i can play WMP9 with my favourite Warp Visual on and taxing my CPU about 90-95% at the most :D Any suggestions on the the lifespan of the CPU if i continue with this . Or if i can safely do some more tweaking - what is the ideal maximum i can get to with Celeron 333Mhz . I have never done any tweaking or overclocking before . Just followed from mb manual . I chose 5*75 with Dip switch and Jumper It had dip switch for Freq Ratio going from 3/3 . 5/4/4 . 5/5- 5 . 5 and System Bus Clock jumper based (Default of 66MHz) going from 66/75/83/100Mhz . As it is the system/CPU is 4yrs old . I just want this PC to last till end of this year . Oh the motherboard is Gigabyte GA-686LX4 ( . giga-byte . com/products/ga686lx4 . htm" target="_blank">tw . giga-byte . com) Thankxx	pluto (2246)
106468	2003-02-13 01:50:00	You should be able to run the CPU at 100% usage . That's what it does . :D It's specified by the manufacturer to run at its clock speed . As long as you keep its power supply at the right voltage, and its temperature below the safe limit (that is, keep the fans going), it will go "for ever" . As soon as you overclock, you are exceeding the manufacturer's specifications . That's your right . If it loses the silicon smoke which makes it go, it's the manufacturer's right to say "Tough" . :D	Graham L (2)
106469	2003-02-13 02:14:00	Ummmm . . . . . i dont think i want it to be 100% usage . I dont mind it ticking away at 3 . 3billion or so clock ticks as specified by the manufacturer :D :D, doing nothing (0% usage) But i did have problem with WMP9 using all those 3 . 3Billion Ticks of the CPU . Infact it wanted more ticks do get done what it wanted to and when it couldnt, it ended up shuddering the music . So i ended up tweaking the CPU to make it churn out more ticks per second :) But realistically how much longer can this sort of tweaking last . Days, weeks or months . I do have proper fan ventialtion stuff .	pluto (2246)
106470	2003-02-13 03:20:00	you end up with other things as well if you use Micro soft ware ,ie www.cexx.org	kiwibeat (304)
106471	2003-02-13 03:32:00	Overclocking does two things . It makes the CPU pull more current . Not all the energy goes into flipping bits up and down . Most of it finishes up as heat . That heat is generated in a very small volume of silicon, and it has to be transferred out to the environment . If the local (which can be an area a few square microns) temperature gets too high, the chip dies . It makes each operation happen quicker . (That is what makes the current increase: it's having to charge and discharge capacitances) This is all right up to the point at which the operations have "indeterminate" results . In fact, the error rate becomes measurable . One of the oldest rules of computing is: If you can measure the error rate, it's too high . You have to get information in and out of memory . That has a speed limit too . Overclocking leads to "errors" . Your overclocked CPU will last until it dies . (You could call that a "lifetime guarantee" . ) :D	Graham L (2)
106472	2003-02-13 09:50:00	Thankx Graham So yes i do need adequate cooling for this overclocked CPu as you mentioned and that this tweaking also may lead to errors. And so i take it that my cpu will last until it dies from thermal death. Ummm as for the lifetime guarantee... I think it may not apply anymore...especially since my CPU isnt living a "normal" life anymore! :D	pluto (2246)
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