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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (93681)12/9/1999 5:18:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
Re: "Elmer, Fixed in the CPU or with a bIOS fix? I do not thik a BIOS fix is as good as a true CPU fix. They usually take more cycle time than a real fix so the fault is fixed but the CPU runs slower and depending on the situation could run at half speed or less."

Bill live with it. When they say FIXED in the errata list they mean in the Silicon.

EP



To: Bill Jackson who wrote (93681)12/9/1999 5:37:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
<I do not thik a BIOS fix is as good as a true CPU fix. They usually take more cycle time than a real fix so the fault is fixed but the CPU runs slower and depending on the situation could run at half speed or less.>

Bill, it's obvious that you are trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. Or would you like to show us evidence that the BIOS fix affects performance in any material way?

Tenchusatsu


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