In my recollection and experience, the K6-2 300 would only
overclock
about 10%, or to 66x5.



"Donald McTrevor" <me@privacy.net> wrote in message
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> >
>> I see it has no L2 cache but I think this ia feature
>> rather than a
> problem.
>>
>> But.....
>> http://www2.geek.com/discus/messages...tml?1013720343
>>
>> SO it seems you can turn it on in the BIOS but I don't
>> know how to do
> that!!
>> Any assistance appreciated :O)
>>
>>
>> I will try and find out myself though.
>>
>> More later, I will try 6X50 too.
>>
>> I don't know if my system is any faster though, it took a
>> little longer
>> to boot up (I think). I will try some tests.
>>
>> Anyway been running 30 minutes with no problems (yet!!).
>>
>>
> Running OK at 6X50 but I would not say it is any faster.
>
> CPU Properties:
> CPU Type AMD
> K6-2, 300 MHz (6 x
> 50)
> CPU Alias
> Chomper Extended,
> K6-2-CXT
> CPU Stepping CXT/A
> L1 Code Cache 32 KB
> L1 Data Cache 32 KB
> L2 Cache 0
>
>
> Still no L2 cache I went into the BIOS but there was no
> option there
> to enable it, I think maybe there will only be an option
> in the BIOS when
> it is set up for a Cyrix (maybe I will have to see).
>
> Also there may be more speeds availabe than listed in my
> manual,
> the web page I gave for the mobo shows a 4.5 setting so
> 4.5X66=300
> might work and be the best setting.
>
> I can also try overclocking but at the moment I don't
> think it
> is any faster than the Cyrix but I will try to to some
> proper tests/
> benchmarks.
>
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