Sander Smeenk (CistroN Medewerker) wrote:
> Hi Roeland!
>
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Roeland Th. Jansen wrote:
>
> > > Is it possible that oc'ing my celerons could harm my IDE harddisks?
> > > (Connected to standard IDE, not HPP366)
> >
> > yes it can. it has been reported by people who OC'd beyond bus speed limits
> > IIRC. anyways -- it shows that OC isn't the way to go.
>
> Could it be that my harddisks, or my memory chips are old and can't handle
> those higher FSB speeds? Would it help buying new ones?
IDE chips need a 33MHz clock to be according to spec.
Usually the system allows: 66/2 = 33, and 100/3 = 33. If you run at any
other FSB speed, the clock for the IDE controller may be over-spec. Many
controllers, and disks may accept a bit over overclocking, but from your
story, I gather that 42Mhz instead of 33 is too much for your harddisks.
Sounds reasonable.
Roger.
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