From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Sep 21 12:56:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA21948 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:56:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA21889 for ; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 12:56:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word.smith.net.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA11282; Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:48:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Message-Id: <199809211648.JAA11282@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Steve Friedrich" cc: "Joe Gleason" , "Mike Smith" , "hardware@FreeBSD.ORG" , "spork" Subject: Re: SCSI card used at cdrom.com? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 21 Sep 1998 08:32:54 EDT." <199809211233.IAA27650@laker.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 09:48:37 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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/ This place is Overclocker Heaven. If you configure your board correctly, you won't exceed the 33MHz PCI clock limit, and this includes running 100MHz slot 1 processors. > You'll want to research Front Side Bus. Thanks, I know more than I need or want to know about this already. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message