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Article #19597Re: Run a 486/33MHz CPU at 40 or 50MHz?
From: oquinn
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:42
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 23:42
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Most folks will try to flame me on this one, but anyway..... I have pushed my old 80486DX-25 all the way to 40Mhz with OUT a fan or heatsink. It ran for all of its life (2 years), no it didn't die. It kinda makes you wonder how intel sorts its chips. I guess if they could get away with selling it at 33mhz they would. It just means more $$$$. I still have the processor and it is for sale....... I just upgraded to a 80486DX2-66 and yes, I have jammed it up to 40Mhz with a heatsink and fan and it runs just fine. It ran without problems for a few hours, although I will have to admit, I'm somewhat paranoid so I lowered it to back down to 33Mhz. I used to work for a PC clone vendor and we used to try to torture the boards to death in the design verification department. Of course if the board/processor blew, my home-system would still be running..... Jim "don't try this at home" O'Quinn AIX Software Support oquinn@eureka.austin.ibm.com
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