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Re: K6 clock speed- simple help!

#2448
From: Nick Mattocks
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2001 22:55
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What board?  If it is a Gigabyte, there is I seem to remember a patch
available to get over 350MHz.   www.giga-byte.com

Nick

"Experiment #4" <bogus@ hiding.bol> wrote in message
news:9b9uv4$mb$1@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk...
> Ok, Thanks guys.  So I tried it
> It fell over at 100 x 5 with the message:
> "While initialising IOS.  Windows protection error - You need to restart
> your system"
>
> So I started from the bottom and worked up.  On the way I tried a 100Mhz
bus
> (So the RAM mus be goos for it) and a 5.5 multiplier.
> It bugged out at 66Mhz x 5.5 and 100Mhz x 4 --- It won't run at 375Mhz
> Currently stable at 350 Mhz, which is better but still not there yet.
> What now?
> Dave
> Ps    Win 95 (c)
>
> "Skid" <skid2@mediaone.net> wrote in message
> news:Lf_B6.15586$KQ2.3730224@typhoon.southeast.rr.com...
> > 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
> > news:SBZB6.190089$Z2.2284416@nnrp1.uunet.ca...
> > > All of 'em.  I've personally used it on my K6-2 chip. ...no pluses to
be
> > > found in that name. =)
> > >
> > > Evil
> > > evilknievel@accesscable.net
> > >
> > >
> > > "TVC15" <chorleyboy@europe.com> wrote in message
> > > news:9b9oem$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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Subject: Re: K6 clock speed- simple help!
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