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Hi. I would like to know if my old computer can work again. I will tell the specs:

CPU: Pentium 66 MHZ
Hard disk: WD 500 mb
GFX card: Unknown
Sound card: None
Network card: Unknown


Does it can work again?
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Who needs F.E.A.R. or HalfLife when you can have hours of fun with Oregon Trail.

LMFAO. I remember that game. Used to play it in elementary school when the teachers weren't watching. 😛
 
Yep, not to mention the space savings. Nowadays, the best place for a relic like that would be a desperate museum, or to give it to the kid of a neighbor you don't like! :wink:
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Or in the computer graveyard in my basement. I really need to clean that out...

LOL. I like the idea of a desparate museum.
 
My computer got a turbo button too.
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Yes I remember it! LOL "OMG, this is too much for this, I need some eXXXtreme action!!!!! this requires TURBO MODE!!!!!!!!!!!!![insert lighting], WHAWAWHAWHA!! [evil laugh]" and it went from 33 to 35Mhz...

LMFAO!!! I think that's the funniest thing I've ever read on TG Forums. Just barely beats out the "Oatmeal RAM" post.

Read all about how to bake your own RAM here:

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/Thankx-HELP-ftopict179696.html
 
Hi. I would like to know if my old computer can work again. I will tell the specs:

CPU: Pentium 66 MHZ
Hard disk: WD 500 mb
GFX card: Unknown
Sound card: None
Network card: Unknown


Does it can work again?
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I wouldn't attempt to. I'd set it on fire or something to get some final enjoyment out of that beast.

What year is it from?
 
Im gonna overclock it and sell it.
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Selling overclocked processors is illegal in almost all countries, as it is against most fair trading laws.

A 60/66 MHz Pentium will not reach 100 MHz, they are made on a larger die size, thus can't clock that high.
 
Not true on the overclocked cpu's, check out evergreen upgrades and the like.

also, amd have been selling overclocked or atleast differently clocked cpu's for years.

the bartons are in the main all the same cpu with different clock multiplyers unlocked- if thats not overclocking a cpu, i dont know what is.

if you buy a standard athlon 2000xp thtas got and FSB of 266 and change the fsb to 333 you get a perfectly good athlon 2600. no strain on the cpu, not a lot more heat, no stability issues, why? because they are basically the same cpu.

that said, if you sold an athlon 2000 as a 2600, then you could be braking a few rules, thats just plain lying, but if you said the pc was run by an athlon 2000 oced to 2600, well, no harm in that.

incidentally, your spot on with the 66 not running as a 100, ive tried.

you can make a 66 run just under 100, but unless you are only running very old low spec software, you wont notice the difference.
 
There is a large difference between 'it works OK' and 'illegal'.

An entire line of processors will usually be based on the same die.

eg: A given Pentium 4 2.4 GHz and 3.0 GHz may be the same die. (Northwood)
eg: All Barton core processors, are 'the same core', some are certified to run at higher speeds, others are not.

Unlocking the Athlon XP required changing the Lx bridges on the processor.

Raising the FSB without lowering the CPU multiplier = Overclocking

If some companies want sell overclocked systems that is their problem.

The industry, Intel, AMD, and others, have worked very hard to get this message to sink in. Thanks to such dodgy system builders we have multiplier locked CPUs. We have CPUs that can ID the clock speed they should run at, vs their current clock speed. Is this really something you support ?

Selling overclocked CPUs = Illegal.
There is simply nothing more to it than that.

If you sell it at stock speed, with instructions on how to overclock it, and provide a short warranty that is a grey area.

Read the Trade Practices Act for any country you can read the language of.
 
How young are you? That machine is about 10-11 years old- I remember using Apple IIe computers in school (granted, they were older than me). The oldest computer I remember using when it was new was my family's IBM PS/1 80286-12MHz with 512MB memory and a 30MB HDD. That was in 1990 when I was five.
 
true, you CAN sell LEGALLY an overclocked CPU, but, you have to tell your customer that it is an overclocked equip and explain him all about overclocking so he can understand what you're saying and decide if he's still going to buy it or not

Selling an overclocked equipment without saying that it's overclocked nor exlaining it is the illegal
 
I dont think it would make any difference to the would be desperate buyer if the thing was overclocked a few Mhz or not, that said, you are right, if he is going to sell it and not mention the ocing, he is braking a few rules.

I once had to explain to a young lad who came to me with his 3000 athlon that wasnt working right, that it was in fact a 26 or 2800 (cant remember which) sempron... he was not impressed with the `expert`1 that built it for him.
 
Hi. I would like to know if my old computer can work again. I will tell the specs:

CPU: Pentium 66 MHZ
Hard disk: WD 500 mb
GFX card: Unknown
Sound card: None
Network card: Unknown


Does it can work again?
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omfg they made those ?

my T.V remote is faster then that

but plug it in and give it a worel
 
Damit guys! Turbo mode took the cpu down to 8Mhz for backward compatibility with old, old software, turn it on and it simply made it go the factory speed, a whole 25Mhz!!!! jeesh :)
 
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