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From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Change clock speed on 386SX motherboard?
Message-ID: <5173@bwdls58.UUCP>
Date: 7 Jan 91 18:11:23 GMT
References: <1991Jan5.040434.15650@d.cs.okstate.edu> <1991Jan5.192547.20804@d.cs.okstate.edu>
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In article <1991Jan5.192547.20804@d.cs.okstate.edu> ong@d.cs.okstate.edu (ONG ENG TENG) writes:
<  
<My question is, is there any remote possibility that the 386SX-16 
<will run at 20MHz.  The memory on the motherboard is ready to run at
<that speed and my only investment will be the 40MHz oscillator (to
<run the CPU at 20MHz), unless of course that might cause some
<permanent damage to the motherboard upon failing. 

My 386sx is running at 18Mhz with a heavy heatsink.  Failed the 20Mhz test,
but works just fine at 18Mhz.
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