From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 14 11:03:04 1995 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id LAA27957 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 11:03:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from beach.silcom.com (root@beach.silcom.com [199.201.128.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA27950 for ; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 11:02:58 -0800 (PST) Received: by beach.silcom.com (8.6.12/SMI-4.1) id KAA17063; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:56:30 -0800 Received: (from alan@localhost) by trickler.uu.silcom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id KAA00512; Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:37:46 -0800 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1995 10:37:46 -0800 From: "Alan D. Trombla" Message-Id: <199512141837.KAA00512@trickler.uu.silcom.com> Subject: Upgrade - CPU, clock? To: questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I am about to upgrade my FBSD 2.0 system to 2.1 and am thinking about upgrading the hardware as well. Currently, I have a Intel 486DX2/66 in a NICE Mini EISA/VLB motherboard with 16 Meg of RAM (The chips are OKI M514100B-70SJ, so I am guessing they are 70ns). Questions: 1. What is the fastest chip I can plop into my ZIF socket with no other changes? 2. Can I just change the crystal to get a 50MHz system? If so, will my ATI GUP handle the faster bus? (There are no other VLB boards.) Is my memory (assuming it *is* 70ns) fast enough? 3. Does it make more sense to get a PCI mother board? In general, I would appreciate any suggestions for squeezing the last drop of performance out of this system. Thanks for your time, Alan Alan D. Trombla--------------------------------------alan@iplab.ece.ucsb.edu