At 10:44 AM -0800 11/15/2002, J. S. Garrison wrote: >Somehow, this AM, I got into playing with one of my two Quadra 700's. I >got the bug >to overclock it. I put a 33Mhz. chip into the socket and checked System >Profile. It was >still at 25Mhz. So, walking to my recycle pile, I pulled out a PC >motherboard from a >66Mhz. PC, removed the 66Mhz. oscillator, sloppily, and placed it on the >Mac's >motherboard in place of the 50Mhz. one that was there. > >This went sloppily. I had a hard time removing those oscillators, and >thought I might >have ruined things. But, I didn't.
A hint for next time. Assuming this is a DIP 14 or DIP 8 package size oscillator, cut the pins off, remove the oscillator and then desolder the individual pins from the board. You waste an oscillator but it's much easier on the board. Then install a socket to hold the new oscillator. This way if the board doesn't work at the higher clock speed you can revert to the original speed with a new oscillator. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> Send list messages to: <mailto:vintage.macs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:vintage.macs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
