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Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 08:01:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org>
To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au>
Cc: Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>,
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Subject: Re: Softupdates reliability? 
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On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Stephen McKay wrote:

> 
> Oh, and Brian wanted to know the processor revision.  I don't know of any
> problems with K6-2/300s, but here's the info:
> 
> CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (300.68-MHz 586-class CPU)
>   Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x580  Stepping=0
>   Features=0x8001bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,MMX>

You have one of the first K6-2s off the line. There were definite problems
with these, and as such, they were specially distinguished by having 66
printed on top.

What is your FSB running at? These chips (the very early 300s) can not
handle >66MHz, and I've had a K6-2 0x580 go _completely_ bad easily.
For peace of mind, even if it's not the problem (which it very well could
be), I'd upgrade to a later revision. You can get one of these relatively
cheap:

CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (350.81-MHz 586-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x58c  Stepping = 12
  Features=0x8021bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,PGE,MMX>
  AMD Features=0x80000800<SYSCALL,3DNow!>


> 
> Stephen
> 

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