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UNDER clocking question
"W7TI" wrote in message ... Here's a question I'll bet you don't get every day. I have an old DOS ham radio program I'd like to run, but it gives runtime errors when run on a 500+ MHz computer. I could find an old computer, but I'd rather have a nice new homebuilt one for it. So the question is how do I underclock a motherboard? If it is just the raw speed it is worrying about, rather than actually checking the processor (which I doubt a DOS program is doing), you might be better off looking for a "slowdown" program. This is not uncommon when running older DOS programs - especially games that are ridiculously fast on modern machines (their designers never planned for such fast processors.) |
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"W7TI" wrote in message ... Here's a question I'll bet you don't get every day. I have an old DOS ham radio program I'd like to run, but it gives runtime errors when run on a 500+ MHz computer. I could find an old computer, but I'd rather have a nice new homebuilt one for it. So the question is how do I underclock a motherboard? I see there are several quartz crystals on the one I have, a K7S5A. Could I replace just one or would I need to replace more than one? I wouldn't mind buying a different motherboard if it were easier or simpler than the one I have. All comments appreciated. -- Bill, W7TI there are generally jumpers on the motherboard that should allow you to set the speed... clock and multiplier jumpers on some motherboards, the setting can be done in the bios i would not fool with changing crystals |
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"W7TI" wrote in message ... On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 19:10:35 -0400, "jeffc" wrote: you might be better off looking for a "slowdown" program. __________________________________________________ _______ I've heard other hams talk about using "moslo" for this application, but I would prefer to just slow the system down naturally, so to speak. I'll go that route if nothing else works out. OK, but I'm skeptical if it's worth the time going that route. I don't think you'll be able to slow any motherboard down to the extent you need (relative to your needs, the range of settings is far too small usually), and as far as changing crystals.... well, you're on your own :-) |
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try disabling the L2 cache from the bios it worked awhile back for me while messing around with a 51/4 drive and a centipede
game..... "W7TI" wrote in message ... Here's a question I'll bet you don't get every day. I have an old DOS ham radio program I'd like to run, but it gives runtime errors when run on a 500+ MHz computer. I could find an old computer, but I'd rather have a nice new homebuilt one for it. So the question is how do I underclock a motherboard? I see there are several quartz crystals on the one I have, a K7S5A. Could I replace just one or would I need to replace more than one? I wouldn't mind buying a different motherboard if it were easier or simpler than the one I have. All comments appreciated. -- Bill, W7TI |
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Quiet computing sometimes involves underclocking. Try doing a search of
the forums at: http://www.silentpcreview.com/ "W7TI" wrote in message ... Here's a question I'll bet you don't get every day. I have an old DOS ham radio program I'd like to run, but it gives runtime errors when run on a 500+ MHz computer. I could find an old computer, but I'd rather have a nice new homebuilt one for it. So the question is how do I underclock a motherboard? I see there are several quartz crystals on the one I have, a K7S5A. Could I replace just one or would I need to replace more than one? I wouldn't mind buying a different motherboard if it were easier or simpler than the one I have. All comments appreciated. -- Bill, W7TI |
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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 13:55:32 -0700, W7TI wrote:
Here's a question I'll bet you don't get every day. I have an old DOS ham radio program I'd like to run, but it gives runtime errors when run on a 500+ MHz computer. I could find an old computer, but I'd rather have a nice new homebuilt one for it. So the question is how do I underclock a motherboard? I see there are several quartz crystals on the one I have, a K7S5A. Could I replace just one or would I need to replace more than one? I wouldn't mind buying a different motherboard if it were easier or simpler than the one I have. All comments appreciated. Why would you prefer a nice new fast homebuilt computer to underclock just so its slow enough to run an old game? You could pick up an old bugger from parts for cheap on the fly that's one or two fancy dinners skipped. Regards, Thunder9 |
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why would you need another machine....I doubt that he will be playn that game 24/7 and if the L2 thing works out, its just a reboot
away from being enabled "Thunder9" wrote in message ... On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 13:55:32 -0700, W7TI wrote: Here's a question I'll bet you don't get every day. I have an old DOS ham radio program I'd like to run, but it gives runtime errors when run on a 500+ MHz computer. I could find an old computer, but I'd rather have a nice new homebuilt one for it. So the question is how do I underclock a motherboard? I see there are several quartz crystals on the one I have, a K7S5A. Could I replace just one or would I need to replace more than one? I wouldn't mind buying a different motherboard if it were easier or simpler than the one I have. All comments appreciated. Why would you prefer a nice new fast homebuilt computer to underclock just so its slow enough to run an old game? You could pick up an old bugger from parts for cheap on the fly that's one or two fancy dinners skipped. Regards, Thunder9 |
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I was commenting to Thund...
You'll be hard pressed now finding an ISA slotted board....I have a P3V4x I've held unto because it has 1 ISA. There are some out there but the options of what CPUs may be limited. "W7TI" wrote in message ... On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:14:23 GMT, (Thunder9) wrote: Why would you prefer a nice new fast homebuilt computer to underclock just so its slow enough to run an old game? You could pick up an old bugger from parts for cheap on the fly that's one or two fancy dinners skipped. Regards, Thunder9 __________________________________________________ _______ 'Cause I want a new computer to run my old program on. Same reason I prefer a new car to an old one, even they both will get me there. -- Bill, W7TI |
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