Re: K6 clock speed- simple help!

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From: TVC15
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 14:54

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Does this apply to all K6 CPU's? I'm sure I read somewhere it was only the
K6-3 which had that function.


"RMS" <rsavoie1@Kiss.my.grits.spammer.home.com> wrote in message
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> Almost correct. The K6 CPU's will interpret a mainboard multiplier jumper
> setting of 2x as 6x. The other jumper settings work as normal as far as I
know.
> So you can do 2x(6x)X66Mhz=396Mhz
>
> bye, Rick
>
> "Experiment #4" <bogus@ hiding.bol> wrote in message
> news:9b9bfq$p3j$1@news7.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > I know this isn't the exact Ng but it beats "visit my site", "Russian
> > brides" and "get rich quick"
> >
> > I'm having problems setting the bus speed for my AMD K6-2  500Mhz
processor.
> > I know that there is no such thing as a 500Mhz main board frequency.
What
> > you do is set a bus speed and a multiplier.  e.g. 100Mhz x 5  = 500Mhz.
> > Now someone tells me that all K6-2 chips have an additional  x3
multiplier
> > *hardwired* in.  So to get to 500 requires 66MHz x 2.5 x 3 = 498Mhz
> >
> > Is this x3 (non changeable) multiplier real or myth?
> >
> > Dave
> >
> > --
> > Bass players do it with their fingers!  www.meggastuf.freeserve.co.uk
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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