Pentium D's Suck for DC

[Assimilator1]

Originally posted by: Insidious
This paper talks about the degradation mechanism, but doesn't address how/if it is affected with age or operation of the memory module.

(you asked for it.... :laugh: )

-Sid

I went to read it ,but you need an IEEE account to access it

 

[Insidious]

oops

i didn't realize it, but I must have autologin for that site.

(yeah, I know..... belonging to a IEEE site is waaaaaaay too geekish for comfort :roll: )

-Sid

See if you can get it here

 

[Assimilator1]

heheh

Yeah got it now thanks.
Woah! I got stuck on the 1st line ,this might take a while!

Wth is 'long minority carrier'?

 

[Insidious]

Think of carriers as the 'pieces' of electrical charge that are minuplated (moved) to change the state of memory bits.

Semiconductor material is doped ("impurities" added) to create the existance of these carriers.

-Sid

(you need the minority carriers to have a long lifetime... or so the article goes.) If the population of carriers changes or the lifetime of them is shortened, the RAM is degraded. (OK, that's my simplified mind trying to understand... I may be WAY off. )

 

[GLeeM]

Originally posted by: Insidious
I turn 'em off to clean them, and that's pretty much it. OK, I turn them off to sell them too

Am I supposed to turn it off to clean it?

Is that why I go through so many fans? Blowing air at them when they are running?

 

[Insidious]

Everybody knows you are supposed to STOP Running if you are gonna get blown!

ROFL

:laugh:

 

[Coquito]

Originally posted by: Insidious
Everybody knows you are supposed to STOP Running if you are gonna get blown!

ROFL

:laugh:

Not really.

 

[BadThad]

Everybody knows you are supposed to STOP Running if you are gonna get blown!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA to both!