From owner-freebsd-hardware Sun Mar 30 22:16:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id WAA21433 for hardware-outgoing; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:16:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA21418 for ; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:16:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id WAA06634; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:16:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id WAA01246; Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:16:26 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199703310616.WAA01246@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Doug Russell cc: Paul Southworth , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+ In-reply-to: Your message of Sun, 30 Mar 97 22:53:54 -0700. Date: Sun, 30 Mar 1997 22:16:25 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------