Debugging a system freeze?

[Joe Zeff]

On 06/18/2012 08:01 PM, William Brown wrote:
> When a cpu is made, they test it's ability to run stable at the max
> frequency of that die. If it passes, it gets shipped at say, 3.8Ghz.

AIUI, if the design spec is 3.8Ghz, that's the highest they check. 
Thus, chips shipped at that speed may be able to go faster, but nobody 
tests for it.  If so, that'd mean that if you plan on overclocking, you 
have to start out with a top speed chip, but then, it's hard to see why 
you wouldn't anyway if that's your plan.