Re: CPU Overclocking & Kernel compile

[Rossy Roman Salgado <rossyr@abulafia.ciencias.uchile.cl>]

On Sun, 16 Sep 2001, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:

> Hi Listers,
> 
> What are the issues involved in compiling a kernel on a machine with CPU
> overclocked ?
> 
> Yesterday I tried to compile 2.4.9 kernel on a celerone machine 466MHZ
> which was overclocked to 550MHZ. The motherboard is ASUS P3C2000.
> 
> During kernel compilation the machine is either rebooting in between or it
> is giving segmentation fault. 
> 
> Has anybody compiled the kernel on overclocked CPU ? We also could not find
> a way to turn the clock speed to it's original speed. Has anybody done the
> above stuff in the above make of ASUS motherboard.
> 

You have to raise the CPU voltage to avoid data corruption, but more
voltage means more heat so you may need extra cooling.

Xavier