Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 12:34:16 +1000 From: Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au> To: "Brian F. Feldman" <green@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Richard Tobin <richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk>, Stephen McKay <syssgm@detir.qld.gov.au>, Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: K6-2 revisions (was: Re: Softupdates reliability?) Message-ID: <199908250234.MAA09128@nymph.detir.qld.gov.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908241738490.48697-100000@freefall.freebsd.org> from "Brian F. Feldman" at "Tue, 24 Aug 1999 17:39:56 -0700" References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9908241738490.48697-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>
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On Tuesday, 24th August 1999, "Brian F. Feldman" wrote: >On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, Richard Tobin wrote: > >> > > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x580 Stepping=0 >> >> > You have one of the first K6-2s off the line. There were definite problems >> > with these, and as such, they were specially distinguished by having 66 >> > printed on top. >> >> I have a 0x580 which has had no problems at all. I'm pretty certain >> it doesn't have 66 stamped on it. Are they all supposed to have this, >> or were they tested and the dodgy ones stamped 66? > >It must be the latter. My 0x580 had the 66, so it must be that the dodgy >ones got labelled 66 and not all the 0x580s were defective. I think the story went along the lines that AMD were making K6-2/300's for a while, then went to a less rigorous test procedure for just a short time until they realised that some of the processors they released wouldn't work at 100MHz bus speeds, though they were ok at 66MHz. So they went back to the better testing procedure for the 100MHz models, but also released some 66MHz only models. Mine was indeed one of the earliest, but there have been no problem with it, and during my strange disk crash the CPU kept updating the X11 load graph and stuff. The problem(s) must be elsewhere. Stephen. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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