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Re: What about the new Viper cpu cards?
« on: April 24, 2003, 01:18:38 PM »
Heh, all these people talking about odd things happening reminds me of when I tried running the A1G3-SE on 750MHz :-)

Works nicely until you try to do any math. Mplayer would give me tons of pixel errors. However, it did crack a lot of RC5/OGR really really fast :-)

Of course, I'm using a VGA cooler which isn't really specced for overclocking like that.

I'm now happily back under 700MHz (666, with 133MHz bus) and I think I'll stay there...

The A1200 is up from 25 to 40, though. That's a measly 60%  :-D
 

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Re: What about the new Viper cpu cards?
« Reply #1 on: April 24, 2003, 04:29:33 PM »
It looks like noone makes 100MHz crystals in the usual hole-mounted cans like used on the A1240.

However, you're studying electronics, right?

Buy the 100MHz version of these:
http://www.elfa.se/pdf/74/07459001.pdf
and then download this pdf as well:
http://www.elfa.se/pdf/74/07455769.pdf

Now make a small circuit board with 4 pins which you can mount the ####er on.

Or maybe I should just fess up and admit I have a certain feeling about this project, so I might test it out myself first, then send you the resulting product :-)

Would be cool to have, I must admit. Might even be worth a bigger cooler to get from 60 to 100% overclocking :-)

I know the sonnettech 50MHz 68040 was really an overclocked 25MHz, but with one HELL of a cooler. So why not? Standard Athlon cooler should do the trick. Maybe best to add one of these, though:
http://www.elfa.se/elfa/produkter/no/2004248.htm

But at that price? Never :-)