Overclock my CS MKII '060

[Amigaz]

Have a spare 60mhz crystal here which I'm thinking of replacing my 50mhz one on my Cyberstorm MKII '060 card.
Has anyone here done this? just wondering so i don't have to go thru a resolder and put back the 50mhz crystal
Going to use a heatsink with heat adhesive tape and a 12v fan on top of it from an old 486 chip

[Amigaz]

doctorq wrote:
I would have if it wasn't for my harddrive dying :-( Are you sure you need to solder? Aren't the oscillator socketed? They have been on all those I have seen so far.

Maybe it is..that would be very nice..might get a 66mhz one and try then  :-)
Not sure if I need 60ns simm's when I overclock? have a mix of 70ns and 60ns now on the board

[Amigaz]

doctorq wrote:
I would have if it wasn't for my harddrive dying :-( Are you sure you need to solder? Aren't the oscillator socketed? They have been on all those I have seen so far.

Is it a a SCSI drive connected to the Cyberscsi module?

[Amigaz]

50pin SCSI drives are dirt cheap..just wish they could be bigger..seems like 4.3gig was the biggest size back then
But an 50pin-->68pin adapter solves that problem  :-D

[Amigaz]

Effy wrote:
Amigaz : I had my CS MK2 060 overclocked by Lord Spider who uses a speedmaker module to find out the best speed. Seemed that 66 Mhz didn´t work, probably because of the scsi module connected. But 64 Mhz works just fine  :-) Maybe yours runs faster as every card is different ...

Was your crystal socketed?

[Amigaz]

PaSha wrote:
Sockets:
Some had socketed oscillators delivered from phase5, some had the oscillators soldered on. If yours is soldered directly to the board, then simply replace it with a socket.

Ram:
Use 60ns modules only!

Speed:
60 MHz definately will work, 66Mhz should also work fine. YMMV, depends on the 060 itself. With a newer mask 1G65V 60MHz 060 from gurumeditation.se or somewhere else, even higher speeds than 66 MHz may be obtained.

SCSI:
Two different versions of the Cyberscsi module exist.

One with a 'Symbios' SCSI chipset, this one does not tolerate any overclocking.

One with a 'FAS216' SCSI chipset, this one will accept overclocking with no problems.

Disclaimer:
Your mileage may vary. I am not responsible for any damage done to your hardware from doing the above mentioned actions.

EDIT:
Cyberstorm mk2 040 boards can easily be upgraded to 68060, instructions can be found on amiga-hardware.com

arghh...have the Symbies chip here...means I have to stick with 50mhz then  :cry: