Underclocking a CPU...

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  1. cypher181

    cypher181 Member

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    any problems or hazards using a Pentium 4 2.4B 533MHZ FSB "Northwood" CPU on a 400MHZ FSB Motherboard?

    right now, it underclocks the FSB for the CPU to 400MHZ and instead of running at 2.4GHZ it runs at 1.83GHZ.
     
    cypher181, Oct 4, 2006
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  2. elokito

    elokito Regular member

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    well if its stable it should b ok no harm is being done
     
    elokito, Oct 4, 2006
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    ddp Moderator Staff Member

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    check in the bios to change the settings of the cpu back to 2.4ghz
     
    ddp, Oct 4, 2006
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  4. Dr.xp

    Dr.xp Regular member

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    why you wanna do that??
    99% of us are looking for ways to overclock and you to underclock?
    i have done it no problem for no particular reason.
     
    Dr.xp, Oct 5, 2006
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