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*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

Outlandis

*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

by Outlandis » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00

I've seen several posts about it, now , for us hardware novices out here,
how do you DO it? Are their reliability problems associated ? I am
running a P133.
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Selom Ofo

*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

by Selom Ofo » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00


> I've seen several posts about it, now , for us hardware novices out here,
> how do you DO it? Are their reliability problems associated ? I am
> running a P133.

why overclock a p133??? overclocking is for 486 users who need that little
extra power. it's not worth it with a p133.
Scurvyd

*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

by Scurvyd » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00


>I've seen several posts about it, now , for us hardware novices out here,
>how do you DO it? Are their reliability problems associated ? I am
>running a P133.

First of all if you value your processer DONT DO IT
reliability problems would be an understatement.
However if you have lots of spare $$ laying around
for a new cpu, you might as well know what your
getting into, theres a overclocker faq at
http://www.xmission.com/%7Edoswald/clkfaq.html
best o' luck

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Joseph Gate

*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

by Joseph Gate » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00

Does this include doing it through software such as "Speed" or through
jumpers or what have you on the motherboard?

John Wallac

*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

by John Wallac » Wed, 19 Jun 1996 04:00:00



Sorry, but you've got this TOTALLY the wrong way around....

There IS _NO_ point in overclocking a 486 - it is totally worthless now,
and it's much easier just to buy a faster chip. If you overclock a 486-
66 to 80Mhz, you'll save what - $5?

If I overclock my P-133 to 166 or even 200Mhz, I'm going to save
HUNDREDS of dollars (or pounds in my case). Overclocking isn't done
primarily to gain speed, it's done primarily to save money.

Cheers!
John

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torg..

*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

by torg.. » Thu, 20 Jun 1996 04:00:00


You overclock your PC by changing a jumper on the motherboard that sets the
clockrate. No software settings (BIOS or whatever) needs changing.

Torgeir

Jeff

*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

by Jeff » Thu, 20 Jun 1996 04:00:00


> Does this include doing it through software such as "Speed" or through
> jumpers or what have you on the motherboard?    Through jumpers on your motherboard, good article in SimRacing News,

June issue.
Steve Ow

*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

by Steve Ow » Fri, 21 Jun 1996 04:00:00



>>I've seen several posts about it, now , for us hardware novices out here,
>>how do you DO it? Are their reliability problems associated ? I am
>>running a P133.

>First of all if you value your processer DONT DO IT
>reliability problems would be an understatement.
>However if you have lots of spare $$ laying around
>for a new cpu, you might as well know what your
>getting into, theres a overclocker faq at
>http://www.xmission.com/%7Edoswald/clkfaq.html
>best o' luck

While I'm not saying that it's a good idea to overclock your CPU, I have yet to
see a report of someone actually damaging their CPU by overclocking it a bit.  
If you DO decide to do it, do some research, see what other's have had luck
with, and go from there.  Overclocking a P120 to 133 is one thing...
overclocking a P60 to 120 is something entirely different (and will probably
result in large quantities of smoke pouring out of your pc).

Disclaimer: If you overclock your CPU and it breaks, it ain't my fault!

Ok... assuming you've read the warnings and still want to overclock your CPU,
it usually only involves switching a jumper or two on your motherboard.  For
example, my motherboard/cpu is a 486 DX2 50MHz (bus 25MHz, CPU 50 MHz).  I
switched the jumpers on the board to make it run at 33 MHz, and since the CPU
is clock doubled, it runs at 66 MHz.  I've been running that way for about 3
years with no problems.

-Steve

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BONHAM

*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

by BONHAM » Thu, 04 Jul 1996 04:00:00

I bought an SX-50 (25 doubled) changed the Processor and a few jumpers, I
am now running a DX-100 (33 tripled) , I've been running it for about a
year now and no problems here.

Michael Peters

*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

by Michael Peters » Fri, 05 Jul 1996 04:00:00


How, did you go from an SX to a DX with just jumper changes?
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*HOW* do you Overclock your processor?

by Michael Peters » Fri, 05 Jul 1996 04:00:00



> > I bought an SX-50 (25 doubled) changed the Processor and a few
jumpers,
> I
> > am now running a DX-100 (33 tripled) , I've been running it for about
a
> > year now and no problems here.

> How, did you go from an SX to a DX with just jumper changes?

Never mind, I think I need glasses,,,wait a minute I wear glasses hmmmmm.
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