Hi Sofus !
The stepping of a processor is an 8bit-number like 0xB0 -- it just
describes the production-period. A celeron-300 with the stepping 0xA0
has been produced earlier than one with 0xB0.
Thus, the stepping does not have anything to do with the frequency and
(in general) it is not neccessary to use processors with the same
stepping.
If you plan to overclock a Celeron PPGA, you should use the most
actual stepping, older versions may not run stable.
I'm currently using a PII-450 with a Celeron300->450, the system is
running fine :-) .
You can find all Intel steppings at:
http://support.intel.com/support/processors/sspec.html
Andreas
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Subject: stepping
Author: sofus anderssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at Internet
Date: 8/2/99 2:04 PM
Hi everybody,
I'm intrested in building an SMP machine (under LINUX off course),
and have joined this mailing list for this reason.
I've been reading the list for some time now and have a few questions
which I could not solve with the FAQ too.
What is it that you are calling the 'stepping' of a processor ? Does it
have anything to do with the frequency (233-550 MHz) of the processor ?
Is it necessary to have all the processors having the same 'stepping' ?
Is there a way to get this information whithout conecting them on the
board ?
In advance thanks,
Sofus
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