Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:16:25 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> Cc: Paul Southworth <pauls@locust.etext.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+ Message-ID: <199703310616.WAA01246@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sun, 30 Mar 97 22:53:54 -0700. <Pine.BSF.3.95.970330225254.11785A-100000@586quick166.saturn-tech.com>
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>On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:
>> Your memory can't handle running at 75MHz (most machines, including
>> your Pentium at 133, run the memory bus at ~66.7MHz). Try turning the
>> memory to a slower "speed" in the BIOS. (For example, if you have a
>> setting that sets the memory to x222 access (how many cycles per
>> word access), try x333)).
>I believe a 150 Mhz chip runs at 50x3, so the memory is actually running
>slower. (That's why on some applications a 133 chip can outperform a 150)
Not in this case (if it's actually a Cyrix-approved motherboard).
They specifically designed a 75MHz bus into the chip, for the case
where you buy a motherboard with a non-Intel (such as SiS, which the
poster had) chipset that supports 75MHz.
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