🚀 go-pugleaf

smiteq@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au (Doug Smith) writes:

>OK, I may have stuffed up on the finer points of Intel's
>specifications but if you think a 132 MHz. crystal can be soldered on
>to a 486 board and the board still work, you ought to look in the
>mirror when you want to call someone stupid.

     Perhaps you took it personally, I apologise, but if you read my 
     post again, the "stupid" comment did not refer to the clock
     chipping proposition put forward by you. It was made in the context
     of the naming convention of the DX4-100, which is not the first time
     Intel has confused people.

>For your information, the CPU crystal is not the only source of timing
>for a 486 and anyway, why do you think these chips are only able to
>run fast internally? Its the bus speed that stops external
>instructions dead in their tracks and no amount of overclocking will
>change that.

     Whether I agree with you or not, I did not follow up to the above topic.

>As for doing the job properly; This, I imagine would start with doing
>some research to determine if the airheads theory was practical...
>Which it's not.

     As for doing the job properly, I followed up because I have read in the
     past, people successfully clock-chipping their DX4-100, and they tested
     the machine to see if it works properly, together with all the necessary
     precautions like a fan etc..., which I could not see why it is as you
     have implied -a good way to stuff-up a good motherboard-. So please, if
     I have misunderstood you say so, else please read my post properly.
     cheers,