Re: Help identify motherboard (486)
Bradley Bell <bradleyb@u.washington.edu> writes:
> On 1 Jul 1999, Arcady Genkin wrote:
> > It says 486DX-AC-WBu-25/33/40/50-L3-ZZ in the top line of the screen,
> > it also prints:
> >
> > "32MHz CPU Clock" just below the BIOS box where it lists all the
> > system info. If my CPU is DX4, does it mean that it multiplies 32Mhz
> > by 4?
>
> no. DX4 means it is capable of tripling the clock speed.
> According to my hazy memory: there is usually one set of jumpers on the
> motherboard to determine clock speed (25, 33, 40, or 50 MHz) then there's
> another set of jumpers that determines whether that speed is multiplied by
> 1, 2, or 3. if you have a DX, you multiply by 1. if you have a DX2, you
> multiply by 2, and if you hava a DX4, you multiply by 3.
This makes sense. It's supposed to be 100Mhz, so 32 x 3 makes sense.
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Arcady Genkin
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