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From: crm@icad.com (Christopher McConnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re:  Speeding up an Old '286
Message-ID: <1990Nov12.221845.21901@icad.com>
Date: 12 Nov 90 22:18:45 GMT
Sender: crm@icad.com (Christopher McConnell)
Organization: ICAD Inc., Cambridge, MA
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I asked this question before, and I received only one reply, which was
to go all the way and install a new 386 motherboard.  What I really want
to know is, how does one 'push' their CPU to a faster speed?  Is it just
changing the crystal, or is there anything more to it?

							- Chris
							  crm@icad.com

PS:  My reply was so far:

From: kaleb@thyme.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Kaleb Keithley	)

Well, if you're adept at changing crystals, then you should be able
to handle a mother board swap.  For about $350 you can swap you 286
mother board for a 20mhz 386SX board.  Then you'll have to add memory,
because most of the 386SX boards use SIMM or SIPP memory, currently
running about $50 per MEG.  My 16mhz 386SX scored 18 on Norton's 4.5 SI.
compared to the 7 or 8 you would get with your 8mhz 286.

-- 
Kaleb Keithley                      Jet Propulsion Labs
kaleb@thyme.jpl.nasa.gov