[Gllug] Underclocking an Athlon

[will]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walid" <walidshaari at yahoo.com>
To: <gllug at linux.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Gllug] Underclocking an Athlon


> > As the big Athlons have a habit of being as hot as a burning coals
> > when running in a small machine, is there any way to UNDERclock them
> > (eg running a 1.4GHz at 1.2GHz) ?
> >
> > I would rather have a 10% slower machine than a dead machine.

> In that note what is the average temp.?  Mine is always around 47 DegC.
> have you seen any mobo that shuts down when the temp goes up?

Have a look at:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/cpu/01q3/010917/

it would seem that they have a limited ability to cope with the heat.  Also
I got some heat transfer gel stuff from TCR on Saturday, you might want to
look at getting some of that.

Will.


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