Date: Sun, 10 Aug 1997 17:59:04 +1000 From: Robert Chalmers <robert@chalmers.com.au> To: Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira <lioux@gns.com.br> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: [Q] MMX Chip in Standard Pentium? Message-ID: <33ED74C8.F93BD212@chalmers.com.au> References: <199708100546.CAA21003@srv1-bsb.gns.com.br>
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Thanks guys, thats solved my problems, found a source of standard chips to. Thanks cheers, Robert Mario Sergio Fujikawa Ferreira wrote: > > The major question of course is thoug, can I just do a straight > swap, or > > do > > I need a new mumboard as well for the MMX chip.? > > You will need to change the mother board because of a slight > different > voltage for MMX chips. > However, as for the MMX chip, FreeBSD won't even notice the > difference. > MMX is a set of chip burned instructions supposedly good for > Multimedia. > Nothing for FreeBSD to worry about. Except for a different cache, no > increase on speed. > > Regards, > Mario Ferreira. -- http://www.chalmers.com.au Books-New & Secondhand Support Whirled Peas. Agents for CIBTC. Associate of Amazon.com, and Partner Program with iBS. Books about China, books from China. Sheng huo jiu shi dou zheng Business Links in Dalian, and Beijing. Building the China Trade
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