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Article #4685Re: Speeding up an Old '286
From: Chris Brooks
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 1990 07:39
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 1990 07:39
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In article <1990Nov12.221845.21901@icad.com> crm@icad.com (Christopher McConnell) writes: >I asked this question before, and I received only one reply, which was >to go all the way and install a new 386 motherboard. What I really want >to know is, how does one 'push' their CPU to a faster speed? Is it just >changing the crystal, or is there anything more to it? The answer is yes, there is more to it. I'm no expert, but it is more than just the crystal that determines how fast your system will run. For one, your 80286 is probably not rated for speeds higher than 8MHz or so. Also, your RAM may not be able to keep up with a higher clock speed (without inserting wait states). So it is a pretty significant chore to speed it up (unless of course you know that everything on board can keep up...) -- Christopher L. Brooks 6500spyk@ucsbuxa.bitnet UC - Santa Barbara brooks@faulty.ucsb.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!ucsd!hub.ucsb.edu!ucsbuxa!6500spyk From: 6500spyk@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (Chris Brooks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Speeding up an Old '286 Message-ID: <7173@hub.ucsb.edu> Date: 13 Nov 90 07:39:23 GMT References: <1990Nov12.221845.21901@icad.com> Sender: news@hub.ucsb.edu Lines: 19