I overclocked a 4MHz m*t*r*la processor to 16MHz "just to see". Then I
"confidently" ran it at 8MHz for hours. I stressed it by warming it up,
cooling it off, making faces at it. I installed it in my application and ran
it for months. Then it started acting flaky.

It was only for a personal application, so I accepted the odd behavior. But
I won't do it again. Just not worth operating out of spec.

Anybody else overclock their own pacemaker? I.. kak! gahh.. ahhk.

-Robert Severson
http://usbsimm.home.att.net
http://www.jged.com
http://www.annatechnology.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: pic microcontroller discussion list
> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Bob Ammerman
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 11:10 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [PIC]: Overclocking
>
>
> Actually, overclocking has been around a _lot_ longer than thePentium.
>
> And it has _never_ been a good idea, except for certain
> limited conditions
> where reduced reliability (flakiness) can be tolerated
> because of the higher
> speed.
>
> Bob Ammerman
> RAm Systems
> (contract development of high performance, high function, low-level
> software)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Germain Morbe <GMorbe@CDSGMBH.COM>
> To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 12:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [PIC]: Overclocking
>
>
> > Hi,
> > OVERCLOCKING was developed for Pentium processors, they
> dont have any
> > problem with that.
> >
> > Except that they usually die much earlier than expected.
> >
> > Germain Morbe
> >
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