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upgrades express <demoupg@powerup.com.au> wrote in article
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> XYZ <taih@mail.idt.net> wrote in article
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> > Hi, I recently bought a computer with pentium 166 chip.  When I turned
> > on, I see the start-up box that shows up on the screen after boot says
> > "Pentium-133".  I was really surprised !!!  So I opened the computer
> > and see what's wrong. 
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> This problem has existed since boards alowed you to change the clock for
> the processor.
> If the CPU you bought was a P133 then running it at 166mhz would make it
> boot on some boards and not others only trying this on the individual
board
> will tell you. Now if you do run the 133 at 166mhz you will most likely
> (very likely) find the system will hang and act crazy consistantly until
> you pull it back to 133mhz. 	 If INTEL were able to run the CPU's they
ship
> as 133mhz as 166mhz don't you think that they would market them at 166mhz
> considering the extra cash reuqiured for the later purchase.
> 
> Good Luck
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It may be your motherboard settings are simply wrong. if you set the
jumpers to run at 166MHz and your computer performs reliably, there is no
reason not to use those settings. You may have a 166 after all.