Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 08:32:54 -0400 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "Joe Gleason" <clash@tasam.com>, "Mike Smith" <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: "hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" <hardware@FreeBSD.ORG>, "spork" <spork@super-g.com> Subject: Re: SCSI card used at cdrom.com? Message-ID: <199809211233.IAA27650@laker.net>
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On Sun, 20 Sep 1998 23:16:54 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: >> Wont the PCI bus still run at it's 33mhz regardless of what the system bus >> is and therefor the system bus speed would have no effect on PCI devices? > >Generally correct, yes. Actually, the correct answer is NO. With the exception of some newer motherboards, the PCI clock is derived from the system bus speed. Some newer moboards de-couple the PCI clock from the system bus. One place to do a little reading is http://www.tomshardware.com/ You'll want to research Front Side Bus. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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