From: dsimon@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Derron Simon) Subject: Re: 486SXs as Unix Iron? Date: 3 Nov 1992 05:08:37 GMT
In article <Bx3wIv.Jx@news.cso.uiuc.edu> walk@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Todd Walk) writes:
]From what I have heard, this is what intel USED to do. Now they
]have a seperate line for 486SX's in order to get a higher yield rate
](a yield rate/cost per chip almost as good as the 386's). Also testing
]is done on the highest MHz speed 1st and if it fails the test it's
]tested at lower levels. If there are left-over 50MHz chips, and
]more 33MHz chips are needed, then all you have to do is label the
]50MHz chips 33MHz.
] Todd Walk
Wow! Is there a way to test my 33MHz 486DX that won't damage the motherboard
or chip? If I bump up the clock to 50MHz, will it either run or not run but
not cause damage? I'm not about to go out and try it, I'm just wondering how
possible this is.
Derron