Re: aklug Digest V4 #117

Whatcha mean, not matched? They both say Intel, don't they? Happy you
got them running!

P.S. I have a board that might make a neat home for the pair you got off
ebay. I will talk to you when I am back in Anchorage after the 4th.

Jim

P.S. Linux makes you travel!
------------------------------Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:52:30 -0800From:
Adam bultman <adamb@glaven.org>

>Subject: Thanks, engineering nerds!
>
>So, I bought processors the other day.
>
>Jim Wadell had so thoughtfully given me two (count 'em - TWO!) 733 MHz
>CPUs for my system. I hadn't really been able to get them working. I
>figured it was because they weren't matched (they weren't, sorry, JIm,
>but do read on).
>
>So, I eBayed, and got two matched 700 - correct bus speed, everything.
>
>Nothing doin' - didn't work.
>
>Turns out, I have a previous revision of a motherboard that does NOT
>support voltages below 1.8v. Bummer!
>
>But in my searches for newer BIOSes, I found this:
>
>http://tipperlinne.com/p2b-ds.htm
>
>Hmm, looks interesting...
>
>I figured - what do I have to lose, apart from my motherboard,
>processors, RAM, etc..
>
>I take a pair of hemostats, and a staple... Pinch, cut, cram - pop in
>Jim's CPUs - and viola! I boot to 550 MHz (5.5 multiplier, 100 MHz bus)
>and I'm running on them as we speak.
>
>Thank goodness for electrical engineers and wild types. Man, I'm happy.
>As soon as I know this box is stable (I'm running those CPUs with a
>shade too high a voltage, and I'm on a beta bios) I'll pop in those 700's...
>
>woot!
>
>Adam
>
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