Can ISA Hardware Hurt Overclocking?

[xroyal]

Have a great ISA USR hardware modem (in FIC 503+)which gives me 50,666bps regularly. Could use of this ISA slot be holding me back in o/cing? Thanks for any input.

 

[AdamK47]

Theres a 100% chance that it won't hurt your overclocking at all, with a 5% chance that it will. Theres a +/- 5% margin of error.

 

[toph99]

afaik, it could be, depending on you fsb. is there a divider for ISA? try pushing your fsb to the next divider(100mhz, 133mhz, etc.) and see if it helps

 

[Renob]

I think the K6III dont OC very well I think that is what I have heard and read around here?????

 

[toph99]

k6III's don't do much. none of the K6-X line did. too much heat, and they just didn't like high speeds

 

[lane42]

I think the max fsb on these boards is 100mhz.Try the next multiplyer setting of 5. I thought o/cing only applied to the pci bus ?

 

[BurntKooshie]

The ISA bus is asyncronous from the other bus's on the board. By overclocking the FSB, the ISA bus is not changed.

 

[hominid skull]

BurntKooshie's correct, the ISA bus only runs at 8MHz, no matter what the FSB is. The modem is definately NOT holding you machine back.

 

[xroyal]

Thanks for the great responses. It's so easy to hear a piece of bad dope, and it hangs in your mind til you get the good sense to ask better qualified persons to show the way. John