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I was looking to buy an i5 3690 froom someone but they said

"Just from being old, the cpu cache is filled so it needs to be cleared to get the normal clock time on it. It takes like 5 minutes I just never got around to it"

I have never heard of that ever being an issue with a cpu and am wondering if it seems reasonable and if so, how do "I clear the cache"?

 
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I was looking to buy an i 3690 froom someone buyt they said

"Just from being old, the cpu cache is filled so it needs to be cleared to get the normal clock time on it. It takes like 5 minutes I just never got around to it"

I have never heard of that ever being an issue with a cpu and am wondering if it seems reasonable and if so, how do "I clear the cache"?

Some people refer to the tower as a CPU.

As far as the actual CPU's cache, that's volatile memory, so it'll wipe when the system is unpowered. You can't touch it anyways, it's fully controlled by the CPU.

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But the CPU cache cleans when you restart the PC

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3 minutes ago, aldoggy said:

I was looking to buy an i 3690 froom someone buyt they said

"Just from being old, the cpu cache is filled so it needs to be cleared to get the normal clock time on it. It takes like 5 minutes I just never got around to it"

I have never heard of that ever being an issue with a cpu and am wondering if it seems reasonable and if so, how do "I clear the cache"?

I'm honestly worried of what he's gonna do in those 5 minutes to that cpu

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2 minutes ago, aldoggy said:

I was looking to buy an i 3690 froom someone buyt they said

"Just from being old, the cpu cache is filled so it needs to be cleared to get the normal clock time on it. It takes like 5 minutes I just never got around to it"

I have never heard of that ever being an issue with a cpu and am wondering if it seems reasonable and if so, how do "I clear the cache"?

If you turn off the PC and unplug the power (to know for sure it's off) all cache/RAM in the system (including that in the CPU, GPU, memory, storage drives, etc.) is cleared.

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The CPU doesn't retain anything on itself - if there's anything wrong with the settings it's on the motherboard and you can clear those by pulling out the battery for a couple of minutes. I'm assuming that's what that person't referring to and if the motherboard is having issues keeping the time it probably means the battery needs to be replaced.

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so I guess ill go ahead and try to purchase it, maybe I can get a discount because of his "filled cache" lol

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10 hours ago, aldoggy said:

the cpu cache is filled so it needs to be cleared to get the normal clock time on it. It takes like 5 minutes I just never got around to it"

sounds like the seller is talking about clearing the cmos, which is a board thing.

either way that's not a thing for cpu cache.

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3 minutes ago, Sauron said:

The CPU doesn't retain anything on itself - if there's anything wrong with the settings it's on the motherboard and you can clear those by pulling out the battery for a couple of minutes. I'm assuming that's what that person't referring to and if the motherboard is having issues keeping the time it probably means the battery needs to be replaced.

Wao. I completely misunderstood 'clock time' as in actual time and intended it as 'cpu clock time' lol

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20 minutes ago, aldoggy said:

Just from being old, the cpu cache is filled so it needs to be cleared to get the normal clock time on it.

Maybe it's somekind of "secret code" referencing to a near full HDD?

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