From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Dec 6 14:34:00 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA19945 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 14:34:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers) Received: from frmug.org (frmug-gw.frmug.org [193.56.58.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA19936 for ; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 14:33:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by frmug.org (8.8.8/frmug-2.1/nospam) with UUCP id XAA05429 for hackers@FreeBSD.ORG; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 23:33:43 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto@keltia.freenix.fr) Received: (from roberto@localhost) by keltia.freenix.fr (8.8.8/keltia-2.13/nospam) id XAA08001; Sat, 6 Dec 1997 23:08:44 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from roberto) Message-ID: <19971206230844.34797@keltia.freenix.fr> Date: Sat, 6 Dec 1997 23:08:44 +0100 From: Ollivier Robert To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Should I buy a Cyrix processor? References: <199712052325.PAA22536@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <199712052325.PAA22536@hub.freebsd.org>; from Andrew Atrens on Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 04:58:00PM -0500 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT ctm#3861 AMD-K6 MMX @ 208 MHz Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk According to Andrew Atrens: > I've got a K6-200 and I'm sad to say this particular chip is not > overclockable. Even with the big fan, grease, and huge-mother-heat-sink > it still locks up. You probably need to run it at 3.2V instead of the usual 2.9V. My K6-166 has been happily running at 2.5x 83 MHz for months. 225 MHz (2.5x 75 MHz) worked at 2.9V but I needed to push it at 3.2V for 83 MHz. -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #18: Tue Nov 25 22:32:12 CET 1997