From owner-freebsd-hardware Thu Jul 2 13:36:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA04431 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:36:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from icicle.winternet.com (adm@icicle.winternet.com [198.174.169.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA04371; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:35:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mestery@mail.winternet.com) Received: (from adm@localhost) by icicle.winternet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA09962; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:35:48 -0500 (CDT) Received: from tundra.winternet.com(198.174.169.11) by icicle.winternet.com via smap (V2.0) id xma009941; Thu, 2 Jul 98 15:35:25 -0500 Received: from localhost (mestery@localhost) by tundra.winternet.com (8.8.7/8.8.4) with SMTP id PAA15304; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:35:21 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: tundra.winternet.com: mestery owned process doing -bs Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 15:35:21 -0500 (CDT) From: Kyle Mestery To: "Jonathan M. Bresler" cc: hardware@hub.freebsd.org Subject: Re: overclocking PPro166-512kB In-Reply-To: <199807021946.MAA25373@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 2 Jul 1998, Jonathan M. Bresler wrote: > > Steve Passe and David Kelly have both reported success > overclocking a PentiumPro 166 2/512kB L2 to 200Mhz. > These work wonderfully at 200MHz. Mine booted part way at 233, but I think I need thermal grease to get them faster. > plan to use the intel providence pr440fx motherboard. I am running mine on a W6-LI motherboard from Micronics. Works great. I like the pr440fx better, however. It has the Crystal audio vs. the SB Vibra16x, and the oboard Intep PRO100/b is really nice.:) -- Kyle Mestery StorageTek's Network Systems Group "I'll take what you're willing to give, and I'll teach myself to live, with a walk-on part of a background shot from a movie I'm not in." - Blink 182, "Apple Shampoo" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message