Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 18:45:33 -0700 (MST) From: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> To: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> Cc: Paul Southworth <pauls@locust.etext.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+ Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970331184229.12917B-100000@586quick166.saturn-tech.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970331114035.16701A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com>
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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Howard Lew wrote: > I don't have any info about MTI's MB (because we do not sell it), but the > 6x86L parts run at 2.8V instead of 3.3V or 3.52V. The wrong voltage can > cause this problem. I think 3.3V is the "absolute worst case" voltage for > the chip, so if you are running it at 3.3V this is very bad for the chip > and you may get this problem. (You should not jumper the cpu for regular > 3.3V). I was wondering about that... I haven't been able to get my hands on an L part to play with yet, but I noticed that the last couple revisions of the motherboard we use (Gigabyte 586VX) have a setting for the 2.8 volt CPUs.... I wanted to try one and see how much cooler they ran. Later...... <Doug>
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