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- From: pss1@kepler.unh.edu (Paul S Secinaro)
- Subject: Re: 486/50DX and 486/33DX: P5 Upgradable?
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.145604.5557@nic.unh.edu>
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- Organization: University of New Hampshire - Durham, NH
- References: <1992Jul20.125911.10042@scott.skidmore.edu> <12@zeos.COM> <RFowler.284@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Date: Tue, 21 Jul 1992 14:56:04 GMT
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- In article <RFowler.284@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov> RFowler@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Robert A. Fowler) writes:
-
- >No, *ALL* 33MHz i486-33 montherboards have a 66MHz occilator, becuase normal
- >Intel CPUs (80x86) require a 2x clock. So to run at 33MHz it needs to be
- >suplied with a 66Mhz clock.
-
- Are you sure about that? I heard that the 486 uses a 1x clock whereas
- the 386 and below used 2x.
-
- The DX2 CPUs will run on a 1x internal clock,
- >there for a 66Mhz DX2 needs a 66MHz occilator, not a 132Mhz one.
- >
-
- No, the DX2's work by doubling the bus clock frequency via a
- phase-locked loop. They don't just pull in the 2x clock from the
- motherboard - the double the 1x clock internally. So a 486DX2-66 uses
- a 33MHz external clock and doubles it internally.
-
- Paul
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