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Date:      Sat, 6 Dec 1997 23:08:44 +0100
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Should I buy a Cyrix processor?
Message-ID:  <19971206230844.34797@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <199712052325.PAA22536@hub.freebsd.org>; from Andrew Atrens on Fri, Dec 05, 1997 at 04:58:00PM -0500
References:  <199712052325.PAA22536@hub.freebsd.org>

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According to Andrew Atrens:
> I've got a K6-200 and I'm sad to say this particular chip is not
> overclockable.  Even with the big fan, grease, and huge-mother-heat-sink
> it still locks up.

You probably need to run it at 3.2V instead of the usual 2.9V. My K6-166
has been happily running at 2.5x 83 MHz for months. 225 MHz (2.5x 75 MHz)
worked at 2.9V but I needed to push it at 3.2V for 83 MHz.
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 3.0-CURRENT #18: Tue Nov 25 22:32:12 CET 1997



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