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Herbert Graf <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:31:35 -0500
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> I believe some time back Max mentioned that AMD CPUs use the X2
> multiplier as a X6?  Is this true for all motherboards when using
> the K6-2 series CPUs? If not all motherboards, has anyone else
> experienced this?

        I believe it depends on the processor (for example some treat 1.5x as a
higher multiplier) but whatever it is for the CPU you have it is motherboard
universal. Socket 7 has certain defined pins that tell the processor what
multiplier to use. By setting it to 2x the motherboard simply asserts a
pattern of offs and ons on those pins. The processor uses this to determine
what multiplier to use. The thing is that the MB doesn't know or care what
multiplier the processor actually uses, so if your processor sees 2x as 6x
the MB won't mind. TTYL

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