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Date:      Thu, 7 May 1998 13:01:06 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Jin Guojun (ITG staff) <jin@george.lbl.gov>
To:        gkshenaut@ucdavis.edu, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Underclocking (Was: Overclocking)
Message-ID:  <199805072001.NAA02421@george.lbl.gov>

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> I'm wondering if it might be possible to *underclock*
> a CPU chip in order to increase its reliability, especially
> under hot conditions.  Has anyone tried this?  ...

Sure, reducing the CPU clock will lower the heat generated from CPU.
Beware that not all CPUs can be overclocked/underclocked. Read the Intel
CPU spec., some of the CPUs must run at specified clock rate. Typically
those MMX CPUs.

	-Jin


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