Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 07:57:12 -0400 (EDT) From: "John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com> To: darrylo@sr.hp.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: jfarmer@goldsword.com Subject: Re: K6 Update & AMD Statement Message-ID: <199709301157.HAA25232@sabre.goldsword.com>
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On Mon, 29 Sep 1997 10:49:32 -0700 Darryl Okahata said: >"John T. Farmer" <jfarmer@sabre.goldsword.com> wrote: >> On Sat, 27 Sep 1997 18:04:53 +0200 Poul-Henning Kamp said: >> >I have a K6/233 here which has by now completed 50 or more make worlds, >> >no complaints. >> > >> >It is marked: >> > AMD-K6-233ANR >> > 3.2V CORE / 3.3V I/O >> > B 9731EJBW >> ^^^^^^^^ >> >> This is what I'm told is the important part. The stepping must be 9731 or >> later. > > This looks like a date code (when the IC was manufactured), and not >a stepping. If it is a date code, "9731" would be the 31st week of >1997, which is the last week in July. > Actually, it is a date code, not a "standard" stepping code. My understanding (Always suspect!) is that AMD made the correction as a running change in production without a specific stepping assigned to it. It would have been easiler to id the desired chips if they had, but at least they _did_ "step up to the plate" and admit to the problem _and_ fix it when it was brought to their attention... John ------------------------------------------------------------------------- John T. Farmer Proprietor, GoldSword Systems jfarmer@goldsword.com Public Internet Access in East Tennessee dial-in (423)470-9953 for info, e-mail to info@goldsword.com Network Design, Internet Services & Servers, Consulting
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