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Re: clocking p75?

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From: John Beardmore
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 1996 00:00
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In article <828387544.1411@mwhitt.demon.co.uk>, mark@mwhitt.demon.co.uk
writes

>John Beardmore <wookie@wookie.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>In article <827783733.14370@mwhitt.demon.co.uk>, mark@mwhitt.demon.co.uk
>>writes
>>>please could someone give me some advice on the 
>>>possible damage i could be doing  to my pc by 
>>>clocking  it from 75 to 100mhz and even to 120 mhz.
>
>>If you get very unlucky you'll toast the CPU !
>
>>CPU life does fall with overclocking, but by the time it fails, better
>>upgrades will probably obsolete, i.e. practically free.
>
>>75 -> 100 sounds OK.
>
>>I would expect 120 to barf but you could dry it if you feel lucky. Let
>>us know what you decide / how you get on...
>
>>J/.
>>-- 
>>John Beardmore
>
>just an update decided to bite the bullet
>
>pentium 75 now running at 120mhz

Nice one !

Did you try any higher ?


>i think i will chicken out and put it back to a 100mhz as i dont
>really need that power yet except maybe for ef2000 but hey its only a
>game.

Perhaps wise...

-- 
John Beardmore
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