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- From: pieterh@sci.kun.nl (Peter Herweijer)
- Subject: Re: Just upgraded 386DXL-40 to 486DX2-50 CPU
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- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 11:06:28 GMT
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- In <1319@alsys1.aecom.yu.edu> manaster@yu1.yu.edu (Chaim Manaster) writes:
-
- >In article <C18A2L.Dtx@hkuxb.hku.hk> h9117228@hkuxa.hku.hk (Li) writes:
- >>The slowdowns are probably due to a change in the system clock (40MHz
- >>for the 386 to 25MHz for the 486DX2). The boot-up (a lot of disk
- >>accesses) and video speed are dependent on the ISA bus speed. I'd bet
- >>his bus speed is set at 1/5 ACLK (8MHz for a 40MHz system clock, but
- >>5MHz now for 25MHz system clock). Changing it to 1/3 ACLK should fix
- >>it.
-
- You're right. I overlooked the most likely possibility.
-
- >How does one change ACLK? Is this a variable somewhere? (DOS, BIOS
- >etc?) Is this a hardware signal? (In which case a user can't change
- >it?) If it is a variable please be specific on how to find it and
- >then how to change it (temporarily and permanently).
-
- It's - like the settings I suggested to you - in the BIOS setup. At
- least, it's there in all (?) modern PC clones. The names may vary
- a bit, but under 'Advanced Chipset setup' you should find something
- like
- AT Bus Clock CLK/5
-
- This is the factor that the master clock (which you just changed
- from 40MHz to 25MHz) is divided by to give the ISA bus clock (which
- should equal 8MHz, but most machines work with 10MHz or even more).
-
- If you can't find this entry, it is most probably set by jumpers
- on your motherboard. In that case you should refer to the
- motherboard manual for further information.
-
- The decrease in startup speed and video I/O are certainly NOT
- caused by the decrease in CPU clock speed because [1] A 25MHz
- 486 in burst mode outperforms a 40MHz 386 for raw I/O speed and
- [2] video speed is mainly limited by the video board and the ISA
- bus throughput, not by CPU I/O.
-
- Success,
-
- Peter Herweijer
- pieterh@sci.kun.nl
-