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| Thread ID: 112201 | 2010-08-27 09:59:00 | I Have A P4 what should I do? | icow (15313) | PC World Chat |
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| 1132211 | 2010-08-27 11:09:00 | :illogical | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1132212 | 2010-08-27 11:11:00 | Sorry, I'm going a bit hardcore nerd-style. By decapping, I mean removing the casing around the silicon of the CPU. I find raw silicon somewhat fascinating, for some reason... A processors worst nightmare!!! Serial de-capper!! (no pun intended on the serial) As mentioned in your PM I think I have a mobo + HS that will support, pretty darned sure I do anyway. If I have more than one spare then all of you who don't feel like donation your to be de-capped by uber can have mobo so you can make some amazing new invention or a big mess trying to build a computer out of it!!! |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1132213 | 2010-08-27 11:17:00 | this makes me wanna build a pc out of old spares now.:thumbs: | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1132214 | 2010-08-27 11:19:00 | this makes me wanna build a pc out of old spares now.:thumbs: do it!! |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1132215 | 2010-08-27 11:23:00 | i got 13 various components on my watchlist now :D its something i definitley want to do over the coming months. it all starts with buying the first component doesn't it? building a list now :) |
GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1132216 | 2010-08-27 11:23:00 | :illogical What's not cool about this ('download.intel.com)? (Warning, 6 Mb JPEG behind link). Sure, it's from a Nehalem, but still... |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1132217 | 2010-08-27 11:46:00 | What's not cool about this ('download.intel.com)? (Warning, 6 Mb JPEG behind link). Sure, it's from a Nehalem, but still... Nothing wrong with it at all, quite the opposite really. I'm usually amazed at just how much actually goes on inside a CPU and how they work. One course I went on, we had 2-3 weeks on CPU's, how they work , all the gates (NOT,AND,NAND,OR,XOR,NOR), having to learn what each one does in relation to another :waughh: Then it was included in part of the tests we had. I actually asked why we had to learn all this stuff - :confused: Its not like you can take a CPU apart and actually fix it. Answer: because you have to --- OK boss, if you say so. :nerd::nerd: One thing I like doing , you always get some smart arse, saying they Know all about computers, and tries to act all smart and be little / show up the person they call in to help, esp in front of others, thinking they know it all- so you ask them what does NOT,AND,NAND,OR refer to in a CPU - Usual answer Errrrrrrr ?? Edited: Just a bit of Light learning (www.laynetworks.com) ;) |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1132218 | 2010-08-27 12:37:00 | One of my 2nd year Comp Sci courses is basically taking us through how a RISC processor works, down to the gate level. Personally I find it fascinating. It was always a gap in my knowledge; the link between the electronics, ie transistors, and the assembly instructions. That said, a RISC (MIPS) CPU is complicated enough, and x86 processors are much MORE complicated! |
george12 (7) | ||
| 1132219 | 2010-08-27 12:44:00 | x86 processors are much MORE complicated! You got that right! As I understand it, while you can feed instructions and get output, it's actually near-impossible to figure out how an x86 processor executed an instruction, due to the fact that it morphs and changes quite a bit of code on-die. It's always an area I've wanted to learn more about too. |
ubergeek85 (131) | ||
| 1132220 | 2010-08-28 00:43:00 | What's not cool about this (download.intel.com)? (Warning, 6 Mb JPEG behind link). Sure, it's from a Nehalem, but still... I see the trouble with that chip, it has a bit of sand in it. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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