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Re: Computer Geek Slips
Posted By: Dave, on host 130.11.71.204
Date: Tuesday, November 10, 1998, at 10:44:43
In Reply To: Re: Computer Geek Slips posted by Issachar on Tuesday, November 10, 1998, at 08:04:21:

>
> Yes, and yes. At a 112MHz system bus speed, the
>PCI bus is running at 37MHz instead of its rated
>33.3MHz, and that's not a good thing. But 37MHz
>is workable for many PCI cards (although they
>have a reputation for being finicky), and my
>system hasn't shown any noticeable instability
>yet. I'm a little worried about it, though, and
>would definitely clock back down to a 103MHz bus
>speed at the first sign of trouble.
>

What I want to know is how you got the FSB up above 100 MHZ. I'm not exactly a pro at overclocking, but I thought you could only jumper the FSB to a speed supported by the motherboard--where did you find a motherboard that allows FSB speeds >100MHZ?

Still, a PII 233 running at 280 isn't bad. I've heard stories of people overclocking 266 and 300 MHZ PII's to over 400MHZ. I think they must have used liquid nitrogen to cool them or something. ;-)

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