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To: The Devil Dog who wrote (2376)	9/10/1998 7:32:00 PM
From: Howard R. Hansen	Respond to of 14778

>>how does one successfully systematically trouble shoot the rebel program.<< Sorry I can not answer this question. My last post just about exhausted my knowledge about memory leaks. However, ( for others ) can you use System Monitor's measurement of Free Memory to trouble shoot memory leaks? I have one reference that says you can, however, I found the free memory numbers reported by System Monitor to be to erratic. Even more important how does Microsoft define free memory?

To: The Devil Dog who wrote (2376)	9/12/1998 12:34:00 AM
From: The Devil Dog	Respond to of 14778

I remembered awhile back the thread discussing fake CPU's and just general crap that people do to deceive. I found this tid bit of info in a local journal Credited to Graeme Bennett @ www.ccwmag.com A few ways to insure your components are not fake. CACHE VERIFICATION Use program called cachchk6.zip , available at The Fake Cache page sh1.ro.com . Be sure to run it on the machine from a command prompt( not a DOS window). HOW TO TELL GENUINE P300 FROM A REMARKED PROCESSOR The P300 has ECC on its Level 2 cache, lesser chips don't . (Intel sells ECC and Non-ECC versions of the Pentium II-233 and Pentium II 266.) A real Pentium II -300 also works at 66 Mhz bus. You can check for ECC on Level 2 cache using a program from Germany's c't magazine called ctp2info.exe ( ftp://ftp.heise.de ). This program will identify a fake Pentium II-300 because it has no ECC on the level 2 cache. ( The on chip memory is not the same as the ECC setting you may find listed in your system's BIOS? Unless it specifies an ECC option for level 2 cache, the ECC reference in your BIOS deals only with your system RAM.) Ctp2info will also notice if you are running on a non-standard bus speed. Intel also has a program called CUPID developer.intel.com it doesn't check for ECc memory. It will provide the ID of your CPU, which is a helpful in detecting the processor type. RE: OVERCLOCKING Intel has changed their mfg. process to deliberately discourage chip deception. Newer Pentium II's are multiplier protected. You can tell whether a Pentium II can be overclocked by looking at the mfg. date. Intel started disabling the multipliers on Pentium II chips around the 34th week of '97 . Until then, the Klamath - series chips supported 2.5x through 4.5x multipliers. I hope this helps a few people. Best Regards WB