[mdlug] ECS A770M-A motherboard SATA controller failure

[Ingles, Raymond]

> From: Raymond McLaughlin

> Aaron Kulkis wrote:
> > In other words, if a CPU is in a 2.2 GHz box, that's because
> > it FAILED to run flawlessly when they cranked up the clock
> > to 2.33 GHz.
> 
> Not necessarily true. It is my understanding that they do not set out
to
> make parts of each specific speed rating, They do set out to make
parts
> that will fall within a specific range. A part marked as 2.2 GHz will
> have passed testing at that speed. It may, or may not have been test
at
> higher speeds.

 Then there are the occasional cases like the Macintosh IIsi. Sold
running at 20MHz, but was designed as a 25MHz machine. (Apple didn't
want it to cut into sales of the IIci, which ran at 25MHz.) So a simple
bit of soldering to put in a new clock chip, and the machine was running
at 125%, with no stability issues at all.

Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                           (313) 227-2317

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                   working competition." -rra
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