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[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 18 points 3 weeks ago

Anybody falling for a 4chan post about anything deserves it, simply for using 4chan

[–] truxnell@aussie.zone 14 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, we used to be able to unlock CPUs by drawing on it with pencil in the right spots...

[–] moody 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

We used to overclock them by setting the FSB speed and multiplier by drawing on them. It's crazy to me that they designed them that way with such an easily exploitable flaw,

[–] ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It wasn't really even a 'flaw' or 'exploit'. It was more a matter of 'if your chip can handle it, go for it assuming you have good cooling and know what you're doing.

Everything was more or less running at a "safe" speed so that the largest number of chips would be stable at, though it was known to pretty much everone that you could easily overclock for a little more performance.

I mean, there were boards built specifically to overclock, but they were more spendy. Sometimes you could get a cheaper board to overclock with a trick.

It wasn't until overclocking became widespread enough that chipmakers would try to limit it to sell some chips as higher speed and premium pricing. That's when it started getting locked down.

Was a sweet time when you could buy a budget chip that was identical silicon to the faster chips and just tune it to get the same, if not better, performance for cheap.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I do miss that part of 4chan. Trolling the public like Apple Wave ment out could fast charge your phone in a microwave.

[–] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

current year

doesn't know the difference between 4chan and 4channel

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I remember when it was popular to tell people who got those new-fangled PCI-E cards when they only had AGP slots was to just cut the extra little bit off so it fit properly.

I feel like you could do something like that (I mean make a joke) with how M.2 ssds fit in the motherboard. The last time I read a manual for a PC part was after I got one of those (via recommendation for my build) and was confused where to put it. 🤣

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

You mean that strange gum stick that supposedly can store 8TB of data for the price of a solid weekly payment?
Yeah I usually just chew those. They are gum after all, right?

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What is this? Chip surgery?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

What will be next? Cheese surgery? This world is doomed.

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

They did surgery on a chip?

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

Clearly they did.

[–] Sunsofold 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ooh, are they filling their Fluid Under Chip Coolant Reservoir? Are they using basic ice or levelling up with the liquid bismuth or mercury amalgam?

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Back in my day we put a bit of nail polish on a couple of contacts on the CPU slot to over-volt it ...