Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 21:04:40 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: FreeBSD-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CPU calibration problems Message-ID: <199803130304.VAA02572@nospam.hiwaay.net> In-Reply-To: Message from Studded <Studded@dal.net> of "Thu, 12 Mar 1998 01:25:27 PST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980312010650.8993A-100000@dt050ndd.san.rr.com>
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Studded writes: > For some time now I've had problems with the calibration of my CPU > speed during boot. I have a Dell XPS P90 machine, and I currently have a > '586 Pentium Overdrive chip in it which normally clocks out to 150.34. > However, here's some examples of incorrect values: > > CPU: Pentium (109.75-MHz 586-class CPU) > CPU: Pentium (118.77-MHz 586-class CPU) I have one P90 that also boots with squirelly CPU speeds reported. Never seen it as wildly off as yours. OTOH, I haven't booted it as many times as you've documented. :-) Last time booted it was approximately correct. Has been running several months now. Just what is the real problem if this value is reported wrong? -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@nospam.hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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