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- From: yen1366@cucs18.cs.cuhk.hk (Yen Chui Tin)
- Subject: Re: Using a 387-33 MHz math chip in a 386DX-40 MHz system
- Message-ID: <1992Nov4.062313.4888@cucs5.cs.cuhk.hk>
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- Organization: Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
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- Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 06:23:13 GMT
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- tkhut@ap.cl.msu.edu (Scott Karre) writes:
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- > I am using a 33MHZ math co-processor in my AMD 386DX-40 system, and
- >am curious as to what effect that will have on the co-processor. I affixed
- >a heat sink to the top of the math chip and have a second cooling fan
- >blowing on both the co-processor and the cpu to try and keep the math chip
- >(Intel 387) cooled down.
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- > I'm curious, is the math chip now running at 40MHz because the cpu is,
- >thus causing the math chip to heat up? What else can I do to ensure that
- >the math co-processor will not be destroyed by running it in my system?
-
- The fan and heat sinks are not needed for your Intel 387. Because it
- will be running in asyan mode (33MHz). Other co-processors like Cyrix,
- however, won't run in asyan mode and run at the same speed of CPU.
-
- Regards,
- CT Yen.
-