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From: dantso@cris.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.infosystems.www.misc
Subject: Re: Unix too slow for a Web server?
Date: 24 Sep 1996 06:11:57 GMT
Organization: Concentric Internet Services
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In <51ouk7$hv@anorak.coverform.lan>, brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) writes:
>I tried overclocking my AMD 133 to 160 running FreeBSD.  It ran for
>several hours, clitched (missed some info from a SCSI tape read), recovered
>by just missing a single file, ran for a while (another 8-9 hours) then
>hung - dead as a post.

	Was the AMD chip a ADW or ADZ ? I believe you need an ADZ version for
reliable overclocking to 160Mhz and cool operation. I have 4 of 4 ADZ's
overclocked to 160Mhz.

		Cheers,
		Dan Ts'o		 	dantso@cris.com
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