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The only reason I ever heard for turning off the turbo switch was to run
games. When computer speeds went up to the ungodly speed of 25 hz, most
games would not run properly (they ran too fast). Hope this helps and is
correct.
Lionel Issen
At 09:54 AM 7/7/97 +1000, Lance Collins wrote:
>Accidentally pushing the turbo button is a common problem. It's easy to
>stop it happening again. All you have to do is unplug the turbo switch from
>the motherboard. You don't need to be computer literate, just handy.
>Usually it is not too hard to spot the turbo switch and trace the wires back
>to the motherboard where you can unplug the connector. If you unplug the
>wrong connector just put it back again!. Actually you can unplug ALL the
>connectors at the front of the motherboard without doing any serious harm.
>You just lose the power light, keylock, hard disk light etc.
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>The above comments apply specifically to desktop clone machines. Some of the
>name brand machines are assembled in odd ways that make a simple unplugging
>difficult.
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>BTW can anyone think of a reason for running a machine in non-turbo mode?
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