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Re: K6 clock speed- simple help!

#2447
From: Skid
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 15:44
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No the original K6, which never clocked high enough to need a 6X multiplier.
But it does work or the K6-2, K6-III and + versions.

"Joel Sullivan" <evilknievel@accesscable.netNOSPAM> wrote in message
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> All of 'em.  I've personally used it on my K6-2 chip. ...no pluses to be
> found in that name. =)
>
> Evil
> evilknievel@accesscable.net
>
>
> "TVC15" <chorleyboy@europe.com> wrote in message
> news:9b9oem$kq3$1@newsg4.svr.pol.co.uk...
> > Does this apply to all K6 CPU's? I'm sure I read somewhere it was only
the
> > K6-3 which had that function.
> >
> >
> > "RMS" <rsavoie1@Kiss.my.grits.spammer.home.com> wrote in message
> > news:xlZB6.716$Wm.322291@news1.busy1.on.home.com...
> > > 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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