From: "Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <moscoop AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>
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Subject: Overclocking (Was: Re: MICROSOFT has Bought Over Linus Torvalds!!)
Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2000 12:48:56 -0400
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Kalum Somaratna aka Grendel wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Damian Yerrick wrote:
> > >Yes..todays jumperless motherboards are great aren't they.
> > >You can easily set the clock frequency through the BIOS.. :-)
> > But if a fellow accidentally sets it wrong, how will he be able to go
> > to CMOS setup to change it back?
>
> Well the only way is to wipe out the bios's setting by either removing the
> battery for a while and putting it back into place, or some mother boards
> have special switch or jumper to erase the settings in the BIOS and change
> them to default parameters...
>
> You will have to resort to the above methods when the computer is refusing
> to even startup, say after you increased the clock speed using the BIOS to
> some unaceptably high value...

    The ABIT board reset the values if they can't mount the CPU 3 times.

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(\/) Rolf Campbell (\/)