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Pentium Overdrive for socket 4 - how to run at 1.5x?

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First post, by feipoa

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Is there anyway to get the POD133 for the socket 4 platform to run at 1.5x? I remember reading somewhere that some POD units will run at a lower multiplier if the integrated fan is removed. I tried to run my POD133 without a fan at boot, but the system wouldn't turn on. If I remove the fan after boot, the system still runs, but chkcpu indicates that it is still running at 133 MHz, or 2x.

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Reply 2 of 4, by feipoa

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Do you recall which POD's reduce the multiplier when the fan is removed?

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Reply 3 of 4, by meljor

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Try the search option of vogons, I used ''pod multiplier'' and found this, it seems to be about the original pod (socket 3):

It's a known issue with the POD - if the fan isn't in proper contact with the three gold pads on the CPU, it will downclock to 33MHz via multiplier to keep from cooking itself. Take the fan off and clean the contacts on the CPU and make sure the spring loaded mechanism on the fan's pins work OK and that they touch the pads. If you don't have the CPUs fan, you won't be able to run it at 83MHz without modification.

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Reply 4 of 4, by feipoa

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Hmm, I was thinking that there may have been more than just the POD83 which has this auto down-clock feature.

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