[rescue] This Just In: HP to buy Compaq

[Greg A. Woods]

[ On Monday, September 17, 2001 at 09:05:14 (-0400), G W Adkins wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: [rescue] This Just In: HP to buy Compaq
>
> > The OverDrive processor does require VID support on the motherboard and
> > of course a replacement VRM.
> >
> > If you don't have a OverDrive capable motherboard you could blow an
> > OverDrive processor as you'd be feeding it 5vdc where it wants 2.8 or
> > some such.
> >
> Ummm, no.  The early steppings of the PPro (the 150's) ran at a 3.1V core
> voltage, the later ones run at 3.3V except for the SL245,247,254 & 255,
> which run at 3.5V. (Oh, and of course the 1 Meg Cache versions run at
> split-rail core voltages of 3.3V/3.2V)

I don't remember where exactly but the warning above is in the manual,
though without the exact "5vdc" value.

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