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From: ron@woan.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Is it a 6Mhz or 10Mhz AT?
Keywords: check crystals
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Date: 13 Jun 90 19:53:00 GMT
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In article <1990Jun13.073623.26400@ccu.umanitoba.ca>,
umsmigie@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jason Smigiel) writes:
Jason> 	But, I've been told that the machine is most likely a 10MHz.
Jason> that is switchable by a jumper on the motherboard.  I've
Jason> searched the board and tried unlabled jumpers at random trying
Jason> to get the Thing to do 10Mhz.  So..... is there a way to
Jason> determine if the beast will push 10Mhz?

The easiest way to tell is to check all the clock crystals on the
motherboard for one labeled 20MHz (I think most clones still divide by
2?)... If you can only find a 12MHz crystal, then you probably can't
switch it.
						Ron

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