On Wed, 2 Dec 1998, t-curl wrote:
> Dave Cinege wrote:
>
> > OK, I might be ready to break on this slot 1 issue. 2 cpu's and a mobo for
> > about $450 is very atractive, and having an overclocked dual celeron is quite
> I have had very good luck with with the Asus P2B-D motherboard. I am currently
> running dual Celeron 266 processors overclocked to 412 each with the modifications
Since there are young, impressionable minds listening, it may be time to
reinject the usual note of caution. This, for example, from the
linux-smp FAQ:
If your system is unstable, then DON'T overclock it!
...and even if it is stable, DON'T overclock.
>From Ralf Bchle: Overclocking causes very subtile (sic) problems. I have
a nice example, one of my overclocked old machines misscomputes a couple
of pixels of a 640 x 400 fractal. The problem is only visible when
comparing them using tools. So better say never, nuncas, jamais, niemals
overclock.
Then there is burning up expensive hardware in a way that rather clearly
voids the warranty, annoying folks on this list when your overclocked
system doesn't work and you seek list-based help, and the chance that
somebody might one day actually drive across a bridge built with specs
developed from finite element analysis performed on an overclocked box,
where an itty-bitty bit error makes it through and shifts a key design
parameter from sane/safe to insane.
Never, nuncas, jamais, neimals,... Yeah!
rgb
Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/
Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305
Durham, N.C. 27708-0305
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