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From: edm@hpfcmdd.hp.com (Ed Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: can you replace a 16mhz 386sx with a 20mhz 386sx?
Message-ID: <84050012@hpfcmdd.hp.com>
Date: 5 Apr 91 23:13:21 GMT
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Organization: HP Mechanical Design Division
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The MHz rating of the processor chip is the maximum speed that Intel
certifies it to operate reliably.  So the 20 MHz chip should work just fine
in your 16 MHz system.  The system clock will still drive it at 16 MHz.