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Date:      Thu, 14 Nov 1996 02:14:26 -0800
From:      "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
To:        Steve Passe <smp@csn.net>
Cc:        Chuck Robey <chuckr@glue.umd.edu>, FreeBSD-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CPU heatsinks 
Message-ID:  <199611141014.CAA16087@MindBender.serv.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 13 Nov 96 23:07:56 -0700. <199611140607.XAA10165@clem.systemsix.com> 

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>Oh, one other thing, b4 you do appply it record ALL the numbers & wordage
>you see on the top of the chip (& bottom while your at it).  As you will
>be helping with the SMP kernel we may want to know these for checking
>against errata sometime in the future (you did volunteer to walk on the
>bloody edge, didn't you?)

>From what I've seen, the top only says "Intel Pentium Pro".  All the
important information is on the bottom (stepping, speed, cache size,
etc.).

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