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On Sunday 25 September 2005 02:05, William Tetrault wrote: |
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> On Saturday 24 September 2005 05:20 pm, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: |
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> > hi, |
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> > |
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> > the sempron is a 32bit (!!) CPU! |
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> > |
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> > Some semprons have deactivated 64 bit (they are defective in the 64bit |
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> > part or superflous ones, that were 'downgraded') but you can not be sure, |
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> > that your sempron is one of them with 64bit. |
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> > |
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> > So use the athlon-xp flags with them. |
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> Hello yourself! |
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> Revision D Sempron cpus in several speed grades, and apparently all |
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> revision E Semprons have had their 64-bit capabilities switched on. Check |
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> theinquirer.net and amdzone.com for the speed grade details. I don't and |
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> won't have first-hand experience with this, but this info can be checked |
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> out easily. Keep that open mind handy, folks! |
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> Bill Tetrault |
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> Madison, WI |
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I checked amd.com and in their docs are no signs, that the sempron has any 64 |
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capabilities. |
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But some of them are pretty old. |
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So you may be right or not, maybe I am right or wrong - someone should ask |
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the AMD support directly. ;) |
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