Although in some cases you can increase the clock frequency a bit
and have it still function the system is designed to run at the
specified frequency. We didn't use parts that were rated for 1Ghz
and then dial it down. We used the highest speed parts that we
could get in our cost range and designed for that operating frequency.
One data point:
Ever since I learned that Mavrothal operated his XO-1s in overclock
mode, I've been running all my XO-1s at 460 MHz. [ I run the "heavy CPU
load" application 'Timidity' on my systems. That extra 30 MHz
noticeably cuts down on the number of dropped notes. ]
In three years of running some twenty XO-1s always at 460 MHz (many of
those are powered-on 24/7), I have __NEVER__ had any one of them fail.
mikus
p.s. I'm now having difficulty overclocking the XO-1 for 12.1.0, since
those builds "hide" <the 'device' which contains> the script used by OFW
to boot the XO-1 system.
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