Re: dx2-66 heat dissip., linux, and overclocking

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From: Frank-Christian Kruegel
Date: Fri, 09 Dec 1994 17:55

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cas@muffin.pronet.com wrote on 08.12.94
about "dx2-66 heat dissip., linux, and overclocking":

> Anyway, this brings me to my question.  The overdrive chip has got a
> heatsink stuck on top of it, which prevents me from sticking the CPU
> fan I bought onto it.  This concerns me a bit because I was thinking of
> running it as a DX2-80.
>
> Has anyone had any experience running an overclocked DX2-66 with Linux?
> Given that the chip runs so much cooler than under Dos or Windows, is it
> relatively safe to just run it at 40MHz without the CPU fan?

It is *never* safe to overclock any chip. Maybe the chip works
apparently at first, but for how long? Do you mind the fpu getting
wrong results - sometimes(!) (yes, this can really happen)?

If you really need the power of 80 MHz, why have you bought a
66 MHz part?



Frank-Christian Kruegel

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