Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 17:56:12 10/04/00
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On October 04, 2000 at 18:55:30, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>On October 04, 2000 at 15:33:00, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On October 04, 2000 at 14:49:01, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>
>>>On October 04, 2000 at 00:27:39, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>On October 03, 2000 at 22:18:37, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>On October 03, 2000 at 21:45:46, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>On October 03, 2000 at 15:12:45, Fernando Villegas wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Christophe:
>>>>>>>Just in case you get into trouble with this processor again, as me, I can now
>>>>>>>tell you that sometimes the problem seems to be in the memory bank, not because
>>>>>>>some unit is malfunctioning, but because they are not exactly the same, same
>>>>>>>brand, etc. Or they are not simetrical. Problem sometimes appears if you add and
>>>>>>>put to run odd number of Mb. That's a fact sometimes you can forget. Another
>>>>>>>thing: the processor runs Ok with 3,3 V. No overheating. It is just in the limit
>>>>>>>of the unit. Until now aLL goes ok. If ever the computer produces some flames, i
>>>>>>>will tell you :-)
>>>>>>>FERNANDO
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>The motherboard is a M598lmr using a SiS530 chipset to leverage extra perfomance
>>>>>from the socket-7 architecture. It uses three DIMM slots for 3,3 V SDRAM. Every
>>>>>kind of device supported in the card.
>>>>>According to my guru, he uses it for a server than run all day, all days, all
>>>>>months, every minute, without ever failing. Well, let us see...
>>>>>Fernando
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks, you have told me everything. But what processor are you using???
>>>
>>>
>>>Yeah, I told you all less the core of it. It is an AMD K6-2. Malaysia made.
>>>Hummmmmm
>>>Fernando
>>
>>
>>Is really 500MHz written on it? I repeat it is strange to have to increase the
>>voltage by such an amount when you are not overclocking.
>>
>>
>>
>> Christophe
>
>To be honest, I have not seen the CPU. Only know that by now is workingg fine,
>although downgraded to around 350 Mhz. My plan is to downgrade voltage bit by
>bit and at the same time upgrade speed in the same way.
>Fernando
Fernando, you should open the box and have a look at this stuff yourself as soon
as possible.
Check if the processor is really what it is supposed to be. You'll have to
remove the heat sink and maybe remove the thermal paste in order to read what's
written on the processor.
3.3V for an AMD processor above 300MHz is definitely abnormal.
The only alternative I see is that the processor is a Cyrix MII. In this case it
will heat your room (maybe a good idea for the Chilian winter), and will not run
faster than 400MHz (or am I misinformed?). Even in this case the right voltage
is 2.9V, not 3.3V.
It's an overclocked Cyrix MII-400 maybe?
Do you trust the guy who sells the motherboard+processor?
Christophe
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