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Unofficial Sun Blade 100 FAQ : Sun Blade 100 hardware questions : Can I overclock the Sun Blade 100?

April 26, 2017blade hardware overclock Sun unofficial

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Unofficial Sun Blade 100 FAQ : Sun Blade 100 hardware questions : Can I overclock the Sun Blade 100?

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It would appear that JP3 on the motherboard controls the CPU clock rate (configured during boot). There are several clock rates ennumerated using letters of the alphabet. If you buy a SPARC IIe chip, the right setting is provided with it – I cannot find a list of the settings easily anywhere on Sun’s site. Is it worth trying? The SPARC chip family is not renowned for being overclockable, and it may become unstable (or be destroyed). The idiom of overclocking is a very “Intel” thing. 🙂 The performance of the machine is readily improved by fitting extra memory, faster drives and graphics chips. If you try overclocking your Sparc IIe and succeed, please let us know. michael@wells.org.