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Offline odin

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Re: Sonnet Quaddoubler
« Reply #14 from previous page: October 03, 2003, 12:32:10 AM »
Uhm...pardon my ignorance....but WTF is it? A super OC'd 040 board?
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Re: Sonnet Quaddoubler
« Reply #15 on: October 03, 2003, 12:32:50 AM »
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anyone tried this with 060's ?

You're thinking about placing a 060 on the sonnet card? I haven't heard of a 100MHz 060. Also the voltage is wrong.

Or are you suggesting you'd take out the faster 060 and replace it with this slow 040 card? (voltage would be wrong in this case, too)
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Re: Sonnet Quaddoubler
« Reply #16 on: October 03, 2003, 12:35:18 AM »
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Re: Sonnet Quaddoubler
« Reply #17 on: October 03, 2003, 12:41:42 AM »
here's the link

edit: ahh, beat me to it!

but what I want to know is, what's the point if it costs 100USD? cos you could get a secondhand 060 card, or indeed an 040 for not much more!
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Re: Sonnet Quaddoubler
« Reply #18 on: October 03, 2003, 12:50:25 AM »
@piru/cyberus:

Google is my friend but I'm lazy ;P.

Ta for the links :-).

Hm 50MHz eh, are they overclocked 040's?
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Re: Sonnet Quaddoubler
« Reply #19 on: October 03, 2003, 01:44:19 AM »
@Cyberus

Well, in my case, the point is that I already had the BPPC and the 060 mod is a lot more than I wanted to try with a rare board. This was reasonably safe and gave me 2X the speed.


@odin

 They probably are overclocked, the highest clock speed I can find on the Motorola site for an 040 is 40mhz.
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Re: Sonnet Quaddoubler
« Reply #20 on: October 03, 2003, 02:03:26 AM »
@ Xand

Oh I see! Yeah, I don't blame you for not wanting to destroy the card!
 
Am I right in thinking that there are less compatibility issues with an 040 as well?
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Re: Sonnet Quaddoubler
« Reply #21 on: October 03, 2003, 05:29:57 AM »
@Xand

Thanks for the benchmarks, indeed a nice upgrade.

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Re: Sonnet Quaddoubler
« Reply #22 on: October 03, 2003, 07:41:10 PM »
@Cyberus
I haven't had any compatibility problems yet.

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« Reply #23 on: October 04, 2003, 12:08:51 AM »
I put a Quaddoubler 50/100 B into a 3640/68040/25 board in my A3000 motherboard which is in a Mirage/Mediator tower.  I don't know which chip they used because I can't see it.  It is covered by a nice little blower/cooler.  Sysinfo rates it at 55MHz.  I believe that it would have to be overclocked because the fastest 68040 is 40MHz.

If you can get one from Sonnet, I think that you'll be pleased with the results.

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« Reply #24 on: October 04, 2003, 02:05:12 AM »
does the quaddoubler go in place of the processor on the board?
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« Reply #25 on: October 06, 2003, 06:25:51 AM »
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jeffimix wrote:
does the quaddoubler go in place of the processor on the board?


Yes... Just unseat the CPU, plug in the QD and go!
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