From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Sep 23 10:40:42 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA08948 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 10:40:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from locutus.adm.rl.af.mil (LOCUTUS.ADM.RL.AF.MIL [128.132.129.27]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA08892 for ; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 10:40:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from greenc@rl.af.mil) Received: from rl.af.mil (ADONIS.IWT.RL.AF.MIL [128.132.46.33]) by locutus.adm.rl.af.mil (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA08210; Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:38:25 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <36093162.7984FC9@rl.af.mil> Date: Wed, 23 Sep 1998 13:35:30 -0400 From: Charles Green Organization: Litton PRC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (Win98; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: david@sparks.net CC: RPD , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD K6-2/300 problem References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG As I understand it, AMD has shipped 2 versions of the AMD K6-2 300. The earlier chips had a 66Mhz external bus (66*4.5) and the newer chips (since July 98) use a 100Mhz external bus (100*3). I beleive it's mentioned somewhere in the FAQ for the VA503+ at FIC's web site (http://www.fic.com.tw). david@sparks.net wrote: > On Wed, 4 Nov 1998, RPD wrote: > > > David, > > > > Did you buy new memory also?. If so try swaping the memory from your > > K6/200 machine into your K6/300. I have had problems pertaining to ones > > you have listed below due to bad memory. > > It's a whole new machine. 2 128 MB PC100 ECC dimms. > > Update: it seems to work fine if I slow the bus rate from 100 MHz to 83. > Underclocking rules in this case:( > > --- David > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > It's *amazing* what one can accomplish when > one doesn't know what one can't do! > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message