March 29, 201511 yr There could still be life after frying your CPU.... I overclocked to 5.226 and the cpu got fried... It was a fantastic cpu for all the time I've had it and it has taken some serious abuse. And it still won't give up... it's still hanging in there trying to give me all it's got... can you fall in love with a cpu ? Anyway here is a glimmer of hope for those that think they should throw out their half fried chips. By the way ... because the videoing software is trying to access the cpu and drives to record and the 2 cores are struggling with running FSX at the same time there is a lot of stuttering that is not there when flying without recording... ...in reality the sim runs pretty damn good with 2 cores as long as there is not too much going on in the background.. aero
March 29, 201511 yr Author It's just dawned on me that I haven't established for sure whether it's the CPU that's fried or the Motherboard. Perhaps it's a voltage feed or capacitor or something that's the problem.. Does anyone know of a way to establish which it is when you don't have a swap out available....? That would be cherry vanilla if it was only the MB... and the love for the CPU would take on new heights. ....also Why 2 cores blown? I only have settings in the bios for - "Use Core 1, 2, 3, ALL, now if I select 3 cores ... which 3rd core is it trying to use... a bad ONE when possibly there's another good one that's not getting attempted ? aero
March 29, 201511 yr See my possible solution - http://forum.avsim.net/topic/465746-cpu-or-mobo-can-anyone-help/. Resetting/clearing the CMOS will reset the BIOS settings. Best regards, Jim Young | AVSIM Online! - Simming's Premier Resource! Member, AVSIM Board of Directors - Serving AVSIM since 2001 Submit News to AVSIMImportant other links: Basic FSX Configuration Guide | AVSIM CTD Guide | AVSIM Prepar3D Guide | Help with AVSIM Site | Signature Rules | Screen Shot Rule | AVSIM Terms of Service (ToS) I7 8086K 5.0GHz | GTX 1080 TI OC Edition | Dell 34" and 24" Monitors | ASUS Maximus X Hero MB Z370 | Samsung M.2 NVMe 500GB and 1TB | Samsung SSD 500GB x2 | Toshiba HDD 1TB | WDC HDD 1TB | Corsair H115i Pro | 16GB DDR4 3600C17 | Windows 10
April 16, 201511 yr Author UPDATE-------Have purchased 2nd hand i7 2600k cpu to replace the blown one... set it up on max settings and did a little test flight.....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MJ3...ature=youtu.beaero
April 16, 201511 yr Moderator Nice! Congratulations on the 'fix' to your system. Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
April 18, 201511 yr Yes Intel may cost a bit more but I think the quality is worth it and the huge performance gains over AMD. ATP MEL,CFI,CFII,MEI. Type Ratings B-737, ERJ-190,ERJ-170
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