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From: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com>
To: Mike Burgett <mburgett@cmnsens.zoom.com>
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Subject: Re: K6 - New results..
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On Sat, 16 Aug 1997, Mike Burgett wrote:

> Ok, I got my replacement K6-200 yesterday, after the distributor tried to say 
> there was nothing wrong with the old chip (because they couldn't make it fail 
> running windoze for a couple of hours... :(
> 
> So far, the chip is performing flawlessly.  I've run 10 full 'make worlds' in 
> the last 24 hours (takes about 2 hours, with a 20 minute pause between them), 
> and all have completed perfectly, without any sign of the errors I was seeing 
> before.
> 
> The original chip contained the manufacturing code:
> 
> 9716CJD
> 
> And noted the voltage as 2.9
> 
> The replacement contains the manufacturing code:
> 
> B 9731FPAW
> 
> And notes the voltage as 2.9 core/3.3 I/O
> 
> Significant? Dunno, just trying to fill in blanks. :)

I think currently all the K6's are Rev B.  I don't know for sure, but my
guess is that the 2 digits after the 97 are the week number... So this new
one is a July chip I think.  The previous was probably the first batch
(near the end of March and beginning of April) if I have the code right. 
AMD has been playing around with the markings so I guess they are still
changing the markings.  I think Rev A was the engineering sample batch 
that was sent to MB companies.

I am still suspicious about the MB though, but let us know how it goes.  
Was this the 3rd MB?  Or a new one?  I think you say it is 4months old...


> 
> Here's the hardware config:
> 
>             CPU Model: AMD K6-200
>           Motherboard: Asus P/I P55T2P4 (4 Month Old)
>               Chipset: 430HX
>              L2 Cache: 512K Pipeline Burst
>         System Memory: 96MB EDO
>         HD Controller: Asus SC200 (NCR 53C810)
>           Hard Drives: Seagate ST3255N, HPSW30PN
>                  Bios: Award 0203, 0204
>   Switching/Linear VR: Switching
>     HS Grease Applied: Yes
>              Fan Type: CoolerMaster TI5-602525
>            Make World: X 10 without problems so far.
> General FreeBSD Stuff: no problems
>       FreeBSD Version: 2.2.2-stable
> 
> 
> (This is the original configuration that I tried...)
> 
> I will be continuing to run tests, running a full 'make world' at least once a 
> day for the next month, to see if this chip looks like it's going to develop 
> any problems, and I'll keep the list informed of anything I find out, either 
> via these tests, or from AMD tech support.
> 
> Thanks,
> Mike
> 
> 
>