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Date:      Sat, 20 Dec 1997 13:02:16 -0800 (PST)
From:      Burton Sampley <bsampley@best.com>
To:        hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   NCR810 (or 875) & Asus P55T2P4 & Overclocking ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971220123839.18666A-100000@shell9.ba.best.com>

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Greetings,

Has anyone successfully overclocked the above hardware (the MB is rev 3.1
BIOS rev 203)? I'm currently running a P5-233MMX at 266 (3.5X, 75MHz) with
an older Adaptec 2940 (BIOS rev 1.16, I think). When I try cranking it up
to the 83MHz bus speed (3.0X, 83MHz ~= 250) the SCSI devices wont fly (but
my EIDE drives will).  This is on FBSD 2.2-stable. 

I can get a great deal on the NCR controllers from a local supplier ($50
USD for the 810; $100 for the 875) instead of spending $200+ on the
Adaptec.  I searched the archives.  Some people stated the Adaptec 2940UW
is worth the extra $$$s and *should* work at the 83MHz bus speed
(providing the rest of my hardware can support the higher bus speed).  Is
the Adaptec really worth the extra $$$?

BTW, here's dmesg on my current drives:

ahc0 <Adaptec 2940 SCSI host adapter> rev 3 int a irq 10 on pci0:11
ahc0: aic7870 Single Channel, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs
ahc0 waiting for scsi devices to settle
ahc0: target 0 Tagged Queuing Device
(ahc0:0:0): "COMPAQ ST15150N 5216" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd0(ahc0:0:0): Direct-Access 4094MB (8386000 512 byte sectors)
ahc0: target 1 Tagged Queuing Device
(ahc0:1:0): "SEAGATE ST43400N 1028" type 0 fixed SCSI 2
sd1(ahc0:1:0): Direct-Access 2777MB (5688447 512 byte sectors)

[sniped]

wdc0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7 irq 14 flags 0xa0ffa0ff on isa
wdc0: unit 0 (wd0): <WDC AC21600H>, 32-bit, multi-block-16
wd0: 1549MB (3173184 sectors), 3148 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
wdc0: unit 1 (wd1): <WDC AC33100H>, 32-bit, multi-block-16
wd1: 3020MB (6185088 sectors), 6136 cyls, 16 heads, 63 S/T, 512 B/S
wdc1 at 0x170-0x177 irq 15 flags 0xa0ffa0ff on isa
wdc1: unit 0 (atapi): <CD-ROM CDU311/3.0i>, removable, accel, dma, iordis
wcd0: 1378Kb/sec, 128Kb cache, audio play, 256 volume levels, ejectable
tray
wcd0: no disc inside, unlocked


Thanks in advance.

- burton -




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