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85020 2002-10-01 10:19:00 hi, i have just been looking around system info on pcmark2002.
now in CPU Info it gives me this information

Manufacturer: AMD
Family: Duron(tm)
Internal Clock: 900 MHz
Internal Clock Maximum: 1.17 GHz
External Clock: 100 MHz
Socket Designation: Socket A
Type: <unknown>
Upgrade: Slot 1
Capabilities: MMX, CMov, RDTSC, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!
Version: AMD Duron(tm)
CPUID: 0x00000631
now what im really querying is that Internal Clock Maxium is 1.17 GHz, now i am curious is that was IT CAN do. or is it some random bullshit.
if not how can i get it to run at this? is there like a button bios or do i have to get into the computer and switch a few jumpers over.
I have a BIOS version 6 or something

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Beef (1415)
85021 2002-10-01 10:36:00 not sure if that is the maximum it can do but to increase the speed it goes or overclock it there are two main ways .

***Firstly a disclaimer . . . overclocking is not for the faint hearted or inexperienced . . . it result in perminant damage to your system and shortens the life of the CPU***

First the simple way is too increase the bus speed, say from 100 mhz to 110 mhz . You can do this in either the bios or manually with the jumper on the motherboard . Only one problem with this is that in doing this you increase the speed of all your pci, agp card etc and they usually don't like it too much . Small increases maybe but 10mhz is probably the limit, I know mine didn't like it . This would give you say 990Mhz .

The second way is tricky . You have to take the CPU out and fill in the L1 bridges on the CPU with a graphite pencil or something that can conduct electricity . Only DON'T let any of these touch each other or you could fry the chip . This is called unlocking the CPU . Then on the mother board you can change the multiplier settings, only prob is they go up in 0 . 5 spaces or 50Mhz at 100Mhz bus speed so you can go from stable to fryed in one step . Also in combination with all this is the voltage of the CPU . . the higher the speed the more voltage (from 1 . 7 to 1 . 75 volts) it needs but this also increase the temp so you may need a bigger fan as well . The results if it works can be great, I got my Duron 700 doing 900 this way BUT UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING DON'T TRY THIS!

If you want to try, buy a spare CPU first that way you've got a backup if you fry one .
kewefella (2092)
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