thanks.... I don't know any computer geeks except you guys and windows
geeks!
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 10:15:28 -0700, Dazed_75 <
lthielster@gmail.com> wrote:
> Michael,
>
> That mean your system clock is 100MHz and a 5x multiplier is being used
> for
> the cpu. Your ram should be 100 MHz capable.
>
> BTW, I checked several pack rats and they don't have any memory that
> would
> woork for you. I will keep my eyes open.
>
> On 11/29/06, Michael Havens <bmike101@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>> lshw says that my hd is 38 GB and that my processor is clocked to
>> 100Mhz.
>> It also says that the size of it is 500Mhz
>>
>> *-cpu
>> description: CPU
>> product: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor
>> vendor: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
>> physical id: 4
>> bus info: cpu@0
>> version: 5.8.12
>> slot: Socket 7
>> size: 500MHz
>> width: 32 bits
>> clock: 100MHz
>> capabilities: fpu fpu_exception wp vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8
>> pge mmx syscall 3dnow k6_mtrr
>>
>>
>> On Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:48:47 -0700, JT Moree <moreejt@pcxperience.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > >> > Michael Havens wrote:
>> >> I know overclocking the processor is bad but I was thinking that it
>> >> might
>> >> be underclocked. How do I see this?
>> > not neccessarily bad. not needed with modern systems being rather but
>> > some people just like to push the limits.
>> >
>> >> things are slugish. Perhaps I should overclock the processor since I
>> >> rarely start those pss and things would start quicker thereby
>> reducing
>> >> the
>> >> use of the processor. What do you think about this idea?
>> >
>> > since you have a k6-3 i don't recommend overclocking. Those procs
>> were
>> > already clocked pretty high bc amd was playing catch-up with intel.
>> >
>> > I do agree with other posters about the bus. get the bus speed up as
>> > high as you can where the system is stable. Some of the k6 cpus even
>> > used 75Mhz and 83Mhz bus speeds as a standard. That's about as high
>> as
>> > you can hope for. What's your processor speed?
>> >
>> > Be careful though, some systems and components from this era don't
>> like
>> > running at those bus speeds.
>> >
>> > And get a faster hard drive if possible but that probably means
>> spending
>> > money and that's a no go for this system. Better to put $$ towards a
>> > new one.
>> >
>> > And lastly you can always install gentoo so that you optimize code for
>> > k6 instead of running 386 code. How big is your hard drive?
>> >
>> > - --
>> > JT Morée
>> > PC Xperience, Inc.
>> > >> >
>>
>>
>>
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