From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 2 06:43:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id GAA08571 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 06:43:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obiwan.creative.net.au (obiwan.creative.net.au [203.56.168.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id GAA08562 for ; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 06:43:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from adrian@obiwan.creative.net.au) Received: from localhost (adrian@localhost) by obiwan.creative.net.au (8.8.7/8.8.5) with SMTP id WAA00201; Mon, 2 Feb 1998 22:42:11 +0800 (WST) Date: Mon, 2 Feb 1998 22:42:11 +0800 (WST) From: Adrian Chadd To: Karl Pielorz cc: Ross Potts , FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Overclocking a Pentium 120 In-Reply-To: <34D5D259.9A47E96A@tdx.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" On Mon, 2 Feb 1998, Karl Pielorz wrote: > Ross Potts wrote: > > > > I promise I will send more info later. Is there anything you can surmise from > > what I have written so far? > > > Sorry if I've gotten the wrong end of the stick, but simply:- > > Don't overclock the system to 150Mhz? - If it doesn't work at 150Mhz, don't > try to use it at 150Mhz? > > I've seen P120's go to 133, but never to 150Mhz reliably... >From memory, overclocking from 120 to 133 changes the bus speed AND the multiplier. And from memory again, the bus speed on a 133Mhz machine is FASTER than on a 150Mhz machine. SO if you're doing a lot of IO, just overclock it to 133Mhz. :) Adrian -- Adrian Chadd | "I used to be thin, handsome and smart. | Then I discovered UNIX." |