From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Jul 7 17:41:16 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA00975 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 17:41:16 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from www1.asacomputers.com (gw2.asacomputers.com [204.153.176.244]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA00944 for ; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 17:41:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kedar@asacomputers.com) Received: from kedar.asacomputers.com (alan.asacomputers.com [204.153.176.86]) by www1.asacomputers.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id RAA06087; Tue, 7 Jul 1998 17:42:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kedar@asacomputers.com) Message-Id: <2.2.32.19980708003759.01505c50@gw1> X-Sender: rajadnya@gw1 X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 2.2 (32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 07 Jul 1998 17:37:59 -0700 To: "Neil T. Mathison" From: Kedar Rajadnya Subject: Re: overclocking PPro166-512kB Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, All you would need to do is ask if the CPU's are new or 'pulls'. Most of them are pulled from upgrade systems or so nowadays. They should have no problem in sharing that info with you. You can very easily tell if the CPU's are new or pulls once you receive them. Kedar. >I was wondering if anyone persued this and what the outcome was, >especially on where to obtain the Pentium Pro CPUs. Can the >CPUs offered by the various retailers listed on pricewatch in >the price range of $135 - $150 be trusted (properly handled, etc). > >I talked to two of the retailers, but didn't leave the conversation >with a good feeling (or with any purchase). Still deciding. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message