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It is possible to modify the pentium II to limit it's cache speed, the
cache controller is external, on the card near the cache chips.  The cache
controllers and the cache itself really vary on Intel processors,
sometimes you're lucky and sometimes you're not

Andy


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> > > There are two type of Celeron 300A : one marked MALAY and other COSTARICA.
> > > The first one is the right choice to overclock, the second one doesn't work.
> > > When Intel found (maybe thay know this before) that many people used Celeron 300A
> > > at 450MHz has modified the L2 cache so that doesn't work at higher frequency.
> >
> > 2. No way to modify L2 Cache design to slow down processor or to make overclocking
> > more difficult: base die design and characteristcs should be structurally modified,
> > so the production process shoud be revised and costs would rise up, making the modify
> > an economic nonsense.
> > --
> > Pietro E. Teofilatto

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