The K6 line does not use the PR rating, if it's a 233 that's what it runs at.

It would appear that the board is jumperad at 3.5 X 68.

Jose



Eric Wertman wrote:

> I have a general comment about this and one other incorrect speed report on an
> AMD processor. I thought I read somewhere that the speeds listed for these
> processors was "pentium equivalent" and not the actual clock speed. Is this
> correct, or possible in this case?
>
> Dave Gillett wrote:
>
> > On 7 Jun 99, at 14:39, Jeffrey Delzer wrote:
> >
> > > I recently replaced a motherboard for a client, and now when it boots it
> > > shows the wrong CPU speed. I double checked the jumpers against the
> > > charts in the mobo manual, and all appear to be set correctly. (66 MHz
> > > FSB, 3.5x multiplier)
> > >
> > > During POST, the BIOS reports a 240 MHz CPU. Is that 'normal' for this
> > > combination? Or have I missed a setting or jumper somewhere?
> > >
> > > FIC PA-2013 mobo
> > > AMD K6/233 CPU
> >
> >   Two possibilities spring to mind:
> >
> > 1.  (Less likely)
> >    I've worked with a few boards on which matching the jumpers in the manual
> > to the board was extremely confusing.  What would 4.0 x 60MHz look like?
> > DOes it resemble 3.5 x 66 (rotated, inverted, or other simple relationship)?
> >
> > 2.  (More likely)
> >    The BIOS may be figuring the speed by timing some loop of instructions.
> > Depending on the precise instructions used, it's possible that this measured
> > difference could simply reflect the performance of the AMD CPU versus the
> > Intel part that the code was no doubt designed for.
> >
> > David G

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