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To: Randy Katz <randyk@ccsales.com>
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Subject: Re: AMD K6
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Date: Fri, 08 Aug 1997 21:40:40 -0700
From: John Milford <jwm@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
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Randy Katz <randyk@ccsales.com>  wrote:

> How does FreeBSD see it? As a 686? As a 586? Does it work? Are there
> problems?
>
> Thanx,
> Randy Katz
>

	There seem to have been very mixed reviews.  I had some
problems with spontanious reboots early on, but found this was linked
to having a linear voltage regulator.  The K6 draws 7.5 Amps according
to AMD and this is enough that you must have a switching reulator.  I
have a K6/200, and it has been flawless for the past week although
because of a flacky motherboard (Yes I have proof) it has been running
w/ no external cache.  I got the board replaced w/ an ASUS P55T2S4
today and I am planning to report back on it after running for a
while.  BTW, even without the 512k external cache it was pretty snappy.



			--John