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- From: dcm@iris.mincom.oz.au (Doug Merrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: What's the deal? My chip says "SX-25"; Norton says "SX-33"
- Message-ID: <3880@iris.mincom.oz.au>
- Date: 20 Dec 92 12:50:24 GMT
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- Organization: Mincom, Brisbane, Australia
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- If the chip is labelled 486SX25, then that's what it is. The manufacturer
- of the board couldn't get the 33Mhz version, so they just dropped in a
- 25Mhz chip. This is like running your car at 33% it's maximum speed - It
- is not going to last too long. I suggest taking it back and either getting
- a 33Mhz CPU or a refund!
-
- The reason Norton's reckons it is a 33Mhz is because it is actually running
- at 33Mhz.
-
- Doug Merrett
- dcm@mincom.oz.au
-