Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 01:06:26 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dual Celeron + FreeBSD? Message-ID: <199911050006.BAA26180@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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Scott Myron wrote in list.freebsd-smp:
> Hello. I want to get a Dual celeron going with freebsd as the OS. My
> question is, do the chips have to have the same stepping? I read
> somewhere that if the chips do NOT have the same stepping, it screws up,
>
> and causes blue screens in NT, and i was wondering if anything similar
> happens in FreeBSD. I figure it'll be difficult to get 2 celerons with
> the same stepping. I am just planning on getting 2 retial ppga celeron
> 433's. I read somewhere else that "it was just a myth and the processors
> do NOT have to have the same stepping." so i'm just searching for the
> truth. Thanks.
I simply ordered two Celeroni (466 MHz) from a reseller
(hoping that they would be of same age and stepping), and
indeed it turned out that they were the same stepping,
and they're working fine since (in a Gigabute GA-6BXD
mainboard).
So I'd suggest that you simply order two of them, and
there will be a good chance that they will be of the same
stepping.
Regards
Oliver
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