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Article #145Re: Will overclocking my DX4/100 burn my PC ?
From: Albert W. Dorrington
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:00
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 00:00
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In article <40u814$7v7$1@perth.DIALix.oz.au>, moby@perth.DIALix.oz.au (Alan Stuart) writes: |> smiteq@gil.ipswichcity.qld.gov.au (Enter your name here ???) writes: |> |> |> >DX2 chips fited to 33 MHz boards become... automaticly on boot... 66 |> >MHz internal clock speed chips. DX4 CPUs are actually four times 25 |> ^^^^ this should |> be three a DX4-100 is a tripled 33 (Don't ask me why they didn't call it |> a DX3-100:-) |> |> >MHz for those who cant add up and yes, you can over clock a DX4-100 to |> >130 Mhz by using a 33MHz. base but the chances of the chip being |> >reliable at that speed are not good. |> You may be able to set the speed to 40 MHz, and make the DX4/100 a DX4/120 - I'd think that for most chips that would be within tolerances. Of course, don't hold me to it :) -Al -- Al Dorrington awdorrin@ictest.delcoelect.com Database Admin Delco Electronics - IC CIM Unix Sysadmin Kokomo, Indiana, USA Phone: 317.451.9655
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d683,ff70e22be99c1dc X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: 110292,ff70e22be99c1dc X-Google-Attributes: gid110292,public X-Google-Thread: f70d1,ff70e22be99c1dc X-Google-Attributes: gidf70d1,public X-Google-Thread: 1045b9,ff70e22be99c1dc X-Google-Attributes: gid1045b9,public From: awdorrin@kocrsv01.delcoelect.com (Albert W. Dorrington) Subject: Re: Will overclocking my DX4/100 burn my PC ? Date: 1995/08/17 Message-ID: <40vupu$jb3@kocrsv08.delcoelect.com> X-Deja-AN: 108350265 distribution: world references: <4091qt$g6u@peng.ping.at> <807954035snz@lfheller.demon.co.uk> <40c99j$hq9@picard.cistron.nl> <40etq9$o96@info.curtin.edu.au> <Pine.SV4.3.91.950812185638.6940G-100000@melbourne.DIALix.oz.au> <DD8wnM.A6D@ipswichcity.qld.gov.au> <40u814$7v7$1@perth.DIALix.oz.au> organization: Delco Electronics reply-to: awdorrin@ictest.delcoelect.com newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.sys.intel,alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,aus.computers.ibm-pc originator: awdorrin@ws051eng.ictest.delcoelect.com