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The worst situation I have encountered was when I was a kid a friend and I thought it would be cool to blow up electrolytic capacitors by over-volting them. neither of us thought about the consequences of inhaling the smoke.
Science Question from a Toddler: Why is poop brown? Boing Boing 2009
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The besieged should resort to volting, ducking, etc., rather than to depend upon his strength.
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"Oh, come now!" said a brisk, pleasant, incisive voice that sent an electric shock volting through the presumably shattered frame.
The Dop Doctor Richard Dehan 1897
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We began with volting, demi-volting, jumping, wheeling in retreat, throwing the horse.
The Prince of India — Volume 02 Lewis Wallace 1866
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TL; DR: EVGA tech support is saying 12. 619V on the +12V is over volting an 8800GTS that is only stable between 11. 96V and 12. 30V according to them.
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Cons: Over-volting is nearly required to achieve better then 3. 4GHz overclocks due to the on-die (uncore) PCIe (not much of a con IMO).
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Currently I have a vista 64 and I can't use an of the underclocking / volting programs because they aren't compatible with 64 or with my specific processor (AMD Turion X2 Dual-Core Mobile ZM-82).
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However, a prompt backwards lunge saved the man from a painful volting, and the woman has now been charged with "illegal weapons possession, attempted assault, illegal threats, and abuse".
The Register 2009
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However, a prompt backwards lunge saved the man from a painful volting, and the woman has now been charged with "illegal weapons possession, attempted assault, illegal threats, and abuse".
The Register 2009
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I can't believe he has such a big fanbase, he's 'ra-volting'!
unknown title 2009
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