From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 2 06:07:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA03596 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 06:07:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ifi.uio.no (0@ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA03574; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 06:07:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dag-erli@ifi.uio.no) Received: from grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no (2602@grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no [129.240.64.131]) by ifi.uio.no (8.8.8/8.8.7/ifi0.2) with ESMTP id PAA18644; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 15:07:36 +0100 (MET) Received: (from dag-erli@localhost) by grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no ; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 15:07:35 +0100 (MET) To: "Ross Potts" Cc: FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, FreeBSD-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Overclocking a Pentium 120 References: <9802020845.ZM7015@unknown.zmail.host> Organization: Gutteklubben Terrasse X-url: http://www.ifi.uio.no/~dag-erli/ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 02 Feb 1998 15:07:35 +0100 In-Reply-To: "Ross Potts"'s message of "Mon, 2 Feb 1998 08:45:05 -0500" Message-ID: Lines: 15 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" "Ross Potts" writes: > I have a PC (Compaq Presario with a Predator motherboard) that I have > successfully overclocked to 133 (132.67 actually, 66*2) from 120. I get no > error messages in FreeBSD at bootup in 133. When I overclock to 150 (152.74, > 50*3), I get a message pertaining to, if I remember, unable to sync the disks Why do you want to overclock to 150 MHz? Your system will run faster at 133 MHz than at 150 MHz. Remember, bus speed is a *lot* more important than processor speed. "When in doubt, consult http://www.tomshardware.com/overclock.html" -- * Finrod (INTJ) * Unix weenie * dag-erli@ifi.uio.no * cellular +47-92835919 * RFC1123: "Be liberal in what you accept, and conservative in what you send"