A friend of mine is wondering whether it's possibly to replace the socketed
25MHz 040 on the CPU card with a 40MHz 040. I know he'd have to replace the
clock crystal, but my guess is that it's not possible anyway. Am I right, or
is he? We'd both appreciate any help. TIA
Mr. Zombie
The 25MHz and 40Mhz processors are identical except for the fact that one has
been tested to run at a higher speed. Replacing the processor should cause no
problem, but you won't see any speed increase till you also replace the
oscillator. The big question is can the support chips on the A3640 accelerator
handle the increase in speed? As long as they hold up, the card should perform
fine at the increased speed.
Regards, Keith. (Test pilot for Windows '95)
Thanks. I told him what you said. Maybe he'll go ahead and try. I guess
worst comes to worst he can always get the no-CPU WarpEngine if the 3640 gets
fried and move the 40MHz 040 onto it.
Mr. Zombie