[ale] lm_78 stuff

[David Brooks]

Does anyone have any info on Overclocking the AMD K6-2?  (I just got a
333Mhz).

-Dave


handran at mindspring.com wrote:
> 
> >Since someone asked me about this,
> >
> >For those of you with recent motherboards who don't already know about it,
> >take a look at
> >
> >http://www.netroedge.com/~lm78/
> >
> >It's a module that lets you view all the data about your running
> >computer (CPU temp, core voltage, fan rpms, etc.) from your LM78 or similar
> >chip. It's handy if you have a celeron 300A running at 450 that you're
> >afraid of burning out (and from the looks of mine, your fears are
> >groundless.  Even w/ a make -j of the kernel tree while I'm compiling
> >mozilla, I haven't gotten above 30 C).
> >  <snip>
> >later,
> >chris
> 
> I think the temp you are referring to is the motherboard temp, not the CPU
> temp. The Celeron 300a does provide pin outs (B14 & B15) for it's on die
> thermal diode, but to my knowledge there are no m/b manufacturers that are
> presently utilizing those pins to allow CPU temp monitoring via the Slot 1
> socket. There has been a lot of discussion on this subject for quite some
> time in alt.comp.hardware.overclocking. If anyone knows of a m/b that will
> allow Celeron CPU temp monitoring, I would be very interested in hearing
> about it.
> 
> The Celeron data sheet has some info on the thermal diode interface on
> pages 41 & 42 (i think)
> ftp://download.intel.com/design/celeron/datashts/24365804.pdf
> 
> Now if one of you electronically gifted folks figure out how to "hot wire"
> B14 &  B15 into giving up their (temp) info, be sure and post your results
> here!!!<g>
> 
> regards,
>  -HandRan