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Date:      Tue, 14 Apr 1998 09:14:23 -0500
From:      Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net>
To:        Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ps segfaults since I overclocked. and worries. 
Message-ID:  <E0yP6Tf-0003SQ-00@set.spradley.tmi.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 14 Apr 1998 03:46:32 BST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980414030756.17673E-100000@dylan> 

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> I see your point. Someone replied earlier with the incredibly sensible
> suggestion that I should recompile my ps binary. Worked a treat! So, the
> hardware was fine after all, I'd just not got the software in proper
> order. Wasn't kidding anyone, I just hadn't made myself clear.

I hope I wasn't the only one who suggested that. If everything else 
works, then the problem is probably with the thing that doesn't work, the 
ps command.  Seems to me like an obvious place to look.

I was really surprised by the intense negative reaction to overclocking.  
The manufacturer tests the parts an then decides how to mark the parts 
based on the results of those tests and other marketing considerations, 
like the demand for slower parts and the embarrassment of not having 
faster ratings than the competition.  The Do-It-Yourselfer tests the 
whole system and then decides how fast to run it based on the results of 
those tests and other considerations, like the cost of shortening the 
life of some parts and the inconvenience of a potential intermittent 
failure.  What's the big deal?

Last I heard, even wcarchive.cdrom.com is overclocked.



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