Bradley Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- Arcady Genkin "... without money one gets nothing in this world, not even a certificate of eternal blessedness in the other world..." (S. Kierkegaard)
