Re: DX4 Proc Voltage (Help)

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From: andy nicol
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1995 00:00

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In article: <IxR1dCANNQswEw6Z@collings.demon.co.uk>  Ken Collings <ken@collings.demon.co.uk> 
writes:
> 
> I have read somewhere in a magazine, that the DX4 processor chip, which
> is 3.5 volt automatically drops the voltage internally when connected to
> a 5 volt mother board without the voltage regulator. Does any one know
> this to be true or false. I am not too keen to put it to an expensive
> test.  
Don't try it! Motherboards which have been designed to support DX4 chips 
have a regulator to drop the 5V supply for the processor.  You would fry 
a DX4 in a 5V socket!  

Try using a DX4-Overdrive chip which has an on-board regulator if you cannot 
configure your motherboard to run the processor at 3.5V.
-- 
andy nicol (nd@garioch.demon.co.uk)
..most drivers starting on a new journey will, regardless of their hurry, pause
to consult a map. They have learnt the difference between speed and progress.
                       Watts S. Humphrey, Managing the Software Process.

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