First post, by lazibayer
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The record of lowest CPU frequency that runs XP I can find online is 8MHz and I just got my rig running XP SP3 on a whopping speed of 2MHz:
Here are some facts and issues:
Booting takes a hour or two.
PS/2 keyboard and mouse refuse to work, so I can only put things I wanted to execute in the startup folder. I am not sure if it's possible to run more sophisticated benchmark software.
Most utilities do not show CPU speed, or show incorrect speed.
The original XP can boot with 18MB of RAM but SP3 won't boot with 20MB of RAM.
XP doesn't recognize any ISA video card I tried on this board and the screen resolution is stuck with 640x480. PnP BIOS might solve this problem but I can't find one for the board.