From owner-freebsd-hardware Sat Dec 7 09:57:41 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id JAA02327 for hardware-outgoing; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 09:57:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id JAA02322 for ; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 09:57:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id JAA29529; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 09:57:30 -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 JAA08060; Sat, 7 Dec 1996 09:57:24 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199612071757.JAA08060@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: chuckr@glue.umd.edu, smp@csn.net, FreeBSD-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU heatsinks In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 15 Nov 96 13:43:43 -0800. <199611152143.NAA26499@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Date: Sat, 07 Dec 1996 09:57:23 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> >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. For What It's Worth... I took my case off yesterday to put a new VooDoo 3Dfx video card in my machine. You ought to see Descent II and Monster Truck Madness on that thing! Incredible! Anyway, here's what's on my chip, if you still care. On the top, it just says Intel Pentium Pro (or something like that -- it's under heat-sink grease, and I didn't feel like cleaning it off, but that's pretty close). On the bottom, it had these markings: E6104154AA A6071346AA MALAY ES KB80521EX200 SY032 256K I have the "fast string" function turned on in my BIOS, and have no problems (I thought I remembered hearing that there were problems with this in earlier chips). ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------