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From: "Jin Guojun[ITG]" <jin@george.lbl.gov>
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To: hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com, mburgett@cmnsens.zoom.com
Subject: Re: K6 - New results..
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Would some one explain how to get the replacement for old K6-200?
Talk to the AMD or the vendor? and how huch will cost for the replacement?

Thanks,

-Jin

}>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.
}