From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue May 19 16:53:28 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA20115 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 19 May 1998 16:53:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de (dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de [139.174.243.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA20095 for ; Tue, 19 May 1998 16:53:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA18680 for freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG; Wed, 20 May 1998 01:53:03 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Wed, 20 May 1998 01:53:03 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme Message-Id: <199805192353.BAA18680@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Underclocking (Was: Overclocking) Newsgroups: list.freebsd-hardware Organization: Administration Heim 3 Reply-To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 RZTUC(3) PL2] Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In list.freebsd-hardware Greg Shenaut wrote: > I'm wondering if it might be possible to *underclock* > a CPU chip in order to increase its reliability, especially > under hot conditions. Has anyone tried this? I'm running > out of 386-based motherboards to use as remote server/router > boxes. I'm running a P5-100 at 90 MHz, so it doesn't need a fan (just a passive heatsink, which gets only slightly warm). I did this because I wanted the box to not produce _any_ noise (it's an MPEG audio player). Regards Oliver PS: If anyone is interested in details: http://fromme.com/project/ (It's not 100% up-to-date though.) -- Oliver Fromme, Leibnizstr. 18-61, 38678 Clausthal, Germany (Info: finger userinfo:olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message