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From: Patrick Gardella <patrick@cre8tivegroup.com>
To: sporkl@dti.net
Subject: RE: Upclocking
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This is a *touchy* issue.  

For pros and cons, see Tom's Hardware Guide at sysdoc.pair.com.

Patrick Gardella


On 23-Nov-97 sporkl wrote:
>Hello.
>
>       I have heard mention pf "upclocking" a chip to a higher speed. Is
>this what it seems to be, trying to trun a foo speed chip att foo+bar MHZ?
>How is this accomplished, via hardware or software? What are the drawbacks
>or side effects? thank you.
>
>
>
> -Spike Gronim
>  sporkl@dti.net
>
>	"Tradition is the chastity belt of the mind"