Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 13:43:43 -0800 (PST) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: michaelv@MindBender.serv.net (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com) Cc: chuckr@glue.umd.edu, smp@csn.net, FreeBSD-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU heatsinks Message-ID: <199611152143.NAA26499@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <199611151956.LAA27483@MindBender.serv.net> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at "Nov 15, 96 11:56:16 am"
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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?) > > >> On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: > >> > >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.). > > >On the Pentium and Pentium PRO all the good stuff is on the top, on > >later Pentiums they have duplicated it on the bottom as well, just for > >your and my convienence :-) > > "On the ... Pentium PRO all the good stuff is on the top" > > This is an incorrect generalization. On MY Pentium Pro, all the "good > stuff" is on the bottom. The top only says "Intel Pentium Pro". Okay, what does it say on the bottom then? I suspect you have a very early chip, probably not even laser etched, which means you could also have false markings. -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD
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