Uncreative Labs

Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 589 Location: Shandong, China

Is anyone familiar with this CPU? Is there any software to configure the registers? I would like to run the chip with a 2X multiplier if possible.

Joined: 03 Feb 2006 Posts: 488 Location: pennsylvanai

all I remember is thayt IBM could only sell the chip as part of a motherboard
perhaps soldered on the mb,.
and that all these boards had 4? dimm sockets.

Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 589 Location: Shandong, China

IBM was not supposed to be allowed to produce stand alone CPUs using intel designs, however they did manage to sell the CPUs as upgrade modules...and somehow 3rd party vendors also got a hold of the chips and sold them as upgrade modules. Both Evergreen and Kingston produced them, but mine is from some obscure japanese brand.

Joined: 19 Apr 2006 Posts: 261 Location: WisConSin

From what I remember those chips have a fixed multiplier, though one point of confusion with me is how evergreen could claim its 286 rev to 486 chip could always run at 66mhz regardless of the original clock.

Joined: 20 Nov 2004 Posts: 589 Location: Shandong, China

It's quite simple really, their modules use their own timing crystals and support chips to run asynchronously to system bus. I'm not an electronics engineer, but I am certain it can be done.

I'm not so certain I agree with the multiplier on the blue lightning. I am pretty certain that the multiplier can be changed either through software or by manipulating a pin. I will examine the CPU module more closely to see how they implement their 3x and 4x modes.