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    I have a AMD k6-2 550......i just wanted to know if overclocking is a possibility with this chip. If it is can i get some help on how to do that. Thanx

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    It is possible, but you're not likely to get a whole lot out of it. Maybe 600, 650 if you're really lucky.

    To get to 600, the K6-x family has a multiplier remap. It will consider a "2x" multiplier to be a "6x" multiplier, so if you keep it on a 100mhz FSB, then you just change the jumper to 2x, and it'll be running at 600mhz (assuming it POSTs). If it doesn't POST, try upping the voltage a little bit. If it still doesn't, then you're stuck under 600mhz, and you'll need to raise the FSB to something like 103 (a common available setting), keeping a multiplier of 5.5. If you're lucky, you'll be able to raise the multiplier, and raise the FSB.

    For what it's worth, the K6's are bandwidth starved, so if you can up the FSB to 112 or something, and can't get above 600mhz, that's still fine. Raising the FSB has more of an impact upon K6-2 performance than shear clock speed due to the L2 being off-die.
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