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Subject: Re: Tinkering with bus speed

Author: Harald Faber

Date: 03:47:11 01/21/99

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On January 21, 1999 at 06:25:27, Enrique Irazoqui wrote:

>Changing CPU clock frequency in BIOS from 100 to 112 Mhz increases the speed of
>my PII-400 by exactly 12%, as if I had a 450. Is this too good to be true? Any
>undesirable side effects?
>Enrique

Heat increases and may reduce the lifetime of the CPU. Another effect can be
that heat makes your CPU/programs crashing.
I tried twice with older models and have no good experience with overclocking.
And honestly, who recognizes and profits from 12%?



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