[plug] Overclocking a CPU

[Caleb Duggan]

What CPU do you have?

On Fri, 06 Jan 2006 15:48:45 +0800, Jim Householder  
<nofixed at westnet.com.au> wrote:

>
>> Thats for sure. If anything I underclock my stuff. CPU hasnt been the
>> bottleneck in many years.
>>
> How does one underclock?  The computer that has been refusing to install  
> Fedora just hung installing SUSE 10.0 (media verified ok).
>
> I thought I might try underclocking as a last resort.
>
> I suspect I may not be able to, though, since the BIOS has a "CPU Clock"  
> setting, range 100-132, which is already at 100.
>
> It also has a CPU:DRAM frequency ratio:
>    Value    DRAM Freq (MHz)
>     SPD      200
>     1:1      100
>     3:4      133
>     3:5      167
>     1:2      200
> Memory is new 512Mb DDR 400MHz
>
> TIA
> Jim
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