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From: phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Why I lower my CPU speed to 17.5MHz
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Date: 7 Feb 91 00:25:55 GMT
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In article <14901@uudell.dell.com> timd@hotwheel.dell.com (Tim Deagan) writes:
|Two points to consider:
|1) The difference between a 16MHz CPU and a 20 MHz CPU is generally that
|the 16MHz chip failed when they tried it at 20 MHz.  The process is called

Tim, I've already tried explaining this kind of stuff to him and he
simply isn't interested in an engineering approach to the subject. He'd
rather treat computers as creatures with a will of their own. To him,
computers are "funny" and the laws of cause and effect, and the
principles of engineering, are not applicable. I don't know if he only
behaves this way with computers or if he lives his whole life like this.

|2) Due to the plethora of fried cards due to the increased bus speeds of 
|some 10 & 12 MHz 286's a few years back many card manufacturers have a clause
|in their warranty which declares the warranty void if the card is run in a 
|system with a bus speed higher than 8.33 MHz.  Check your warranty if you care.

Trust me, he doesn't.

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