Why Did the Turbo Button Slow Down Your PC in the '90s?

by chedokuon 4/27/2025, 8:50 AMwith 5 comments

by brudgerson 5/2/2025, 5:11 PM

Or the button sped it up.

The female connector on the button was directionless; motherboards provide a two pin header, and the typical local PC builder would hook it up arbitrarily based on what they thought was correct or what was easier in the assembly.

by olgenion 4/27/2025, 10:37 AM

On some old XT clones the turbo button did nothing, but Ctrl+Alt+Num- did the trick :D

by snvzzon 4/27/2025, 10:14 AM

https://archive.is/LUnhT

by accrualon 4/27/2025, 9:15 AM

I liked to flip the button around and have turbo on = faster, turbo off = slower.

by casenmgreenon 4/27/2025, 9:20 AM

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