Subject: Re: 40MHz 68040 in 345 ?
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
List: port-hp300
Date: 11/30/1996 19:34:44
Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov> wrote:
> On Thu, 28 Nov 1996 08:56:07 +0100 (MET)
> Zadok <ml@rz.uni-potsdam.de> wrote:
>
> > I have the chance to put a 68040 into my 345... the problem is that i've
> > herad only about 25 or 33MHz 68040 working in HP's, but there seems to me
> > a 40MHz 68040. So, is it possible to ust this chip at full speed ( using
> > an 80MHz quartz instead of 50 or 66 ) ? Will the hardware survive this ?
> > Will it work ? Is it dangerous to try ?
>
> I should let Dave Carrel or Herb Peyerl answer this... I think I remember
> Dave mentioning to me that he tried to overclock his 68040 and it wasn't
> pleased... Dave?
All I know is that lager has an 040@25 in it, and when I try clocking it at
33, the cpu never resets... I don't have a 33mhz 040 to try.