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From:Nick Darley-Jones
Date:29 Mar 2001 at 23:30:06
Subject:Re: How far can you overclock an Apollo 040/25Mhz??

Hello Mike

On 29-Mar-01, you wrote:

>> So far I have managed to overclock my Apollo 040/25Mhz to 33Mhz, but now
>> I'm pondering on the idea of pushing it to 40Mhz.
>
> I've clocked one to 45mhz. It was host, it was fast, it was nice, but an
> 060 is still way better. :)

So 40Mhz is pretty much safe as long as I keep it cool.

>> What I am wondering is what happens when you try to overclock an 040 too
>> much? Does it just simply keep crashing or does it 'explode'? What about
>> the amount of power they consume?
>
> At 50mhz our 040 kept locking up.

I assume that this is what will happen if 40Mhz is too much for the 040
then.

Regards



Nick.

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