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ok so i have this really old slot a motherboard and processor i was gonna add a hd and boot it up and overclock this little things until it exsplodes will it hurt the hard drive at all? or any video card attached to it?

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ya it could hurt the video card but i dont think the hardrive could be hurt

:withstupid:

if you really fry your mobo, it can take anything attached to it as well but the harddrive shiould be safe since its not directly connected. you may lose the ide cable, but that's about it.

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Actually there is a chance...

 

when you overclock the PCI bus goes way out of spec (unless you have a way to lock the AGP/PCI bus like on an nForce based mobo, but I doubt this board has that)

 

it can corrupt data and potentially damage the drive... the chances are low...

 

but it CAN happen..

 

Never overclock with parts you may need for work or school tomorrow ;)

 

unless you have spares....

 

just my .02 cents

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you are not really to apt to hurt anything. you see cuz you won't be able to oc that far. you can't lock the agp/pci so what is the point.

if you oc to far,they will be out of spec and it just won't boot. You will be lucky to get it to boot with a 50 to 75 mhz OC. Really this is kinda pointless. you want to do something hot!! with that board and processor?? Give it to a charitable organization, so some guy or girl who needs it for school might get it.

 

WZ

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