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- From: tytgat@esat.kuleuven.ac.be (John Tytgat)
- Subject: Re: CPU clock of A540
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.103831.6574@gate.esat.kuleuven.ac.be>
- Originator: tytgat@queneau
- Sender: tytgat@esat.kuleuven.ac.be (John Tytgat)
- Reply-To: tytgat@esat.kuleuven.ac.be (John Tytgat)
- Organization: K.U.Leuven, Belgium
- References: <1993Jan5.134929@informatik.uni-kl.de>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 10:38:31 GMT
- Lines: 42
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- In article <1993Jan5.134929@informatik.uni-kl.de> m_sattle@informatik.uni-kl.de (Matthias Sattler) writes:
- >A few days ago, I tried to increase the CPU clock of my A540. But I encountered
- >a strange phenomenon. The computer boots until the message RISC OS .... then
- >the cursor stops flashing and the A540 obviously crashes. BUT when I press
- >reset now the computer enters the desktop happily and works fine??!!!
- >I can't even run the ARM at 30 Mhz without having this problem......
-
- When the Archimedes powers up, a memory check happens to see :
-
- 1) if your DRAM is ok,
- 2) and to find out the optimum DMA parameters.
-
- Probably your enhanced CPU clock confuses the test and wrong DMA parameters
- are being used (that's why an ARM3 has to have its 'cache off' during that
- test). If you simply press 'reset' then this test is being skipped. I
- presume Risc OS will take standard values for the DMA parameters.
-
- I believe also that the CPU clock in the A540 is also being used for other
- chips (isn't there a clock share (with a few basic dividers) between the MEMC
- and ARM3 ? My A540 & A5000 Technical Reference Manuals are at home...).
-
- BTW, what happens if you do a CTRL-reset ?
-
- >But ALL A5000 I know run fine at 30 Mhz or even more and they only have the
- >'bad' ARM3 (as the A540 have the selected good ones..).
-
- The A5000 has other circuitery than the A540 (see the A540 and A5000 Technical
- Reference Manuals). So comparing the 'same' hardware upgrade for these two
- machines is a bit trickier than what you do.
-
- >(At the moment I use a 74F74 on the processor card to get the CPU clock, maybe
- >this is important. By the way, what is the 68ohm resistior between the 7474
- >and the ARM3 good for?)
-
- Mmh, you probably never heard about reflexions in transmission lines due to
- differences in impedance ? Electronics is a bit more than replacing crystal
- clocks... ;-)
-
- John
- tytgat@esat.kuleuven.ac.be
- BASS
-
-