Running AGP and PCI out of spec => Destroy Hardware??!?!?!

[x86]

Will running the PCI and AGP buses out of specification destroy hardware on those buses?

Thanks

-x86

 

[bacillus]

some leeway is tolerated by most items of hardware.
how much out of spec are you talking about??

 

[MentalAtrophy]

It's recommended that you don't run the PCI bus over 40 to 45 mhz or you risk data corruption. However, some people don't have that problem since you see the occasional 180+FSB.

 

[vss1980]

Yeah, you can destroy hardware by overclocking too far, but it rarely happens.

Usually, expansion/add-in cards like network or sound cards when overclocked too far will just give errors or not work, and I have never damaged one or seen one damaged from overclocking. Usually the same is true for RAM, however I personally have pushed a PC100 RAM module too far to the point where it would no longer even run stable at 100MHz (but was fine at 66/75 MHz), and have seen other examples of where people have pushed too far by overclocking and raising voltages, etc., for components.

 

[kulki]

what about the CPU? Will there be damage by raising the voltage to say 1.6V or 1.7v?

 

[vss1980]

Depends on chip and its normal voltage. Usually there is no problem raising chip voltages by about 0.1 or 0.2v (no more unless you have significantly better than standard cooling), but running overclocked with extra voltage for a long time may end up killing the chip faster than running normally.

 

[Athlon4all]

<< what about the CPU? Will there be damage by raising the voltage to say 1.6V or 1.7v? >>

If you increase the voltage on any CPU too high, you cna decrease its life span from years to weeks. As for 1.6/1.7v? Well for .13 processor CPU's (Celeron-A, Northwood P4, and upcoming AMD T-Bred and Appolasa cores) yes, anything more than 1.65v I believe it is, will signifcantley decrease the lifespan of a CPU.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Any overclock can shorten the life of components, but unless you're running them greatly out of spec, don't worry about it.