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Article #3606Run 33MHz CPU at 40/50MHz?
From: francis
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 20:26
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 20:26
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I have a 486DX/33MHz system, and I have been told by the manufacturer that the motherboard is upgradeable to 50MHz by plugging in a new crystal and CPU. Question: Is it possible to plug in (say) a 40MHz or even a 50MHz crystal into the board *without* replacing the old (33MHz) CPU? If so, is there a performance improvement or will the 486DX 33MHz chip just burn itself out, ie, has it been internally hardwired for the specified clock frequency of 33MHz? I would like to hear from anyone who has attempted this (with/without success). Francis -- IMI URU LIVE & LET LIVE Francis Morley |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| FRANCIS@AC.DAL.CA MORLEY@UG.CS.DAL.CA ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!destroyer!cs.ubc.ca!utcsri!newsflash.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!ac.dal.ca!francis From: francis@ac.dal.ca Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.msdos.programmer Subject: Run 33MHz CPU at 40/50MHz? Message-ID: <1993Jan6.162636.9927@ac.dal.ca> Date: 6 Jan 93 16:26:36 -0400 Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Lines: 21