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Old 07-25-03, 01:11 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Opting to overclock...

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Originally posted by starforce_chips
In my opinion:

Why do I need to overclock my own machine?

a) I risk overheating the chip.

b) The ventilation is not conducive of excessive heat. (It's a PDA not a PC.)

c) If you put the wrong setting you could
i) irreverisbly damage the software/ROM
ii) you may very well void your warranty

For those of us that didn't study EE in college, there's no hope.

Excuse my tirade, but you need 3rd party crutches to make the Axim move as it should.
Yes, there is some talk about overclocking going on, but the discussion was/is really centered around trying to clock the CPU at the rate it is designed to run at, setting the PXBus to 200. (Where MobilePC 2003 will LET you set it, but PocketPc 2002 will not)

For that matter... Dell intentionally turns down the CPU multipliers on the Basic model to help justify the price of the Advanced model. If the PXA255 processor running at 400Mhz doesn't overheat an X5 Advanced.. it ain't gonna overheat a Basic.
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