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[MudSurfer]

Mrs h and the hleys ate all good ta....any small g's on the horizon?

Dunno mate, it's dark outside and I can't see that far without my specs on....

[gwh200]

Hi GWH,

My motherboards have bios selectable voltages that will power different chips within the range.. ie: some P4's take xV, others will take yV.. You can change this in the bios (It helps people who overclock their pc's)

So yes, there is provision on ~some~ boards to do this. MattF will know better than me though as I only dabble enough to 'get by' with my pc's.

Your job sounds pretty interesting btw.

Rob.

EDIT: I'll let you guys get back to the dogging chat now - pervs

ahhh.... Dogging.
I reckon that this bios adjustable function can only be enabled by having the relevant component"slotted".
The more requirement the longer the power curve. Anyhows this is pure conjecture on my behalf, it's"possible" but I think the control required to do it would have to be contained on something much more comprehensive than a cd. And yes. I play with sewage all day long... But lately the control and process of with an automated system .

[Albannach]

Any changes to the BIOS would need a re-boot to take effect, otherwise the BIOS wouldn't be controlling them?

[wishbone]

Yes but most pc's are rebooted daily ?

Rob.

[wishbone]

I was thinking of some sort of program that could see what hardware you was running, and then apply a bios flash on reboot to change the settings (if possible), thus 'cooking' your processor.

I know i can change voltage in my bios settings on all 3 of my desktop pc's, as I built them all myself. (gigabyte and asus motherboards) Thats why I asked the question.

I don't know if it's possible but I can't help thinking it could be done. However I'm not a pc guru or anything so will defer to someone like MattF who knows this stuff.

Rob.

[gwh200]

The bottom line is,
can you load, via the Internet , a viral code that will deregister any inhibit you have with regards to internal power supply..... No

[TonyN]

so will defer to someone like MattF who knows this stuff.

Rob.

shhhh, stop saying that, he'll start to believe it!!!

[Albannach]

However I'm not a pc guru or anything so will defer to someone like MattF who knows this stuff.

[disclaimer]Other computer geeks are available...[/disclaimer]

[MattF]

shhhh, stop saying that, he'll start to believe it!!!

[disclaimer]Other computer geeks are available...[/disclaimer]

[wishbone]

[disclaimer]Other computer geeks are available...[/disclaimer]

Which is why I said 'someone like MattF' and not 'MattF'..

It would be voodoo for me to know which forum members were 'geeks' so I chose Matt as an example as I know he is into pc's a little bit

Whats your opinion then Mr Andy 'computer geek but don't tell anyone' ?

Rob.

[Albannach]

I think it's not posible to set a voltage high enough, at boot time, to fry anything. The MoBo manufacturers wouldn't risk the possibility that some pseudo geek could fry a CPU by merely setting the BIOS wrong.

But I'm not a computer geek, so I may be wrong

[wishbone]

There are options on 'unlocked' motherboards to run the processor and memory, front side bus etc at higher clock speeds than recommended. This usually comes with caveats about extra cooling etc.

I think it's perfectly possible to push a cpu too high with standard motherboard settings as I once tried to push my athlon 800 as far as it would go and ended up with an unstable system. All settings were done in bios with no dip switches etc.

Rob.

[wishbone]

But I'm not a computer geek either so....

Rob.

[RodLeach]

You could set something up to overclock it.. BUT.. from what i understand the only real problem would be if it effected a stand alone graphics card. If they're overclocked wrong then they die.. Simple as!

I flat out refuse to believe there is anyway to send via the internet a way to blow up any motherboard componants.

BDT, I dont doubt that old computers may suffer from what you've described but we need to bear in mind you said that was 16/17 years ago! Technology has changed so, so much in that time! I didn't even have a home PC 16/17 years ago.

Even with a variable power draw from the motherboard it will almost certainly be bound within limits and will be blocked as such from drawing a load that would cause such an extreme failure!!

Also, As for loading up so many programs that the PC just blows up.. Utter sh!te!!!! Complete and utter sh!te!!! My teachers are all CompTIA registered!! Thats one of the most world reknowned companys in the IT industry!!

A PC has a limited amount of memory! Virtual and phsyical! When too many programs run a PC will flag up that it has insufficiant memory! So it starts to use portions of the hard drive which is painfully slow in comparision to standard RAM.

It would just start to slow down!! Thats about it...

End of!

[Apache]

I can send power via thought to blow anything up!

Or I wish I could.

As for blowing stuff up via the internet? Hilarious! I would have blown loads of peoples computers up by now!