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Date:      Mon, 31 Mar 1997 18:45:33 -0700 (MST)
From:      Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com>
To:        Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com>
Cc:        Paul Southworth <pauls@locust.etext.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95.970331184229.12917B-100000@586quick166.saturn-tech.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970331114035.16701A-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com>

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On Mon, 31 Mar 1997, Howard Lew wrote:

> I don't have any info about MTI's MB (because we do not sell it), but the
> 6x86L parts run at 2.8V instead of 3.3V or 3.52V.  The wrong voltage can
> cause this problem.  I think 3.3V is the "absolute worst case" voltage for
> the chip, so if you are running it at 3.3V this is very bad for the chip
> and you may get this problem.  (You should not jumper the cpu for regular 
> 3.3V).

I was wondering about that...  I haven't been able to get my hands on an L
part to play with yet, but I noticed that the last couple revisions of the
motherboard we use (Gigabyte 586VX) have a setting for the 2.8 volt
CPUs....  I wanted to try one and see how much cooler they ran.

Later......						<Doug>





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