Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 8 Mar 2004 15:46:53 -0500 (EST) | From | Zwane Mwaikambo <> | Subject | Re: fsb of older cpu |
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Bjoern Schmidt wrote:
> Hello and thank you for your answer. I determined that this cpu has a fsb of > 66MHz. The reason for my question was that i want to underclock the cpu. > I think it would be better to change the multiplier instead of changing the fsb. > Therefore i read the msr register 0x02ah, tilted bit 27 and wrote it back, but > the cpu clock is still the same. Why does that not work? Is it possible to > change the multiplier at runtime at all?
No, the multiplier is locked, you'll have more luck fiddling with the front side bus.
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