[jwhat]

Hi Weblacky,

given that you have a mainboard that is expecting a 700MHZ CPU and a 600MHZ CPU installed, could you possibly see if you manage to boot into POD/CAC mode (ie set L1 debug register 0x10d).

If you can get into POD/CAC then this would confirm that the machine always start with slower clock speed and then based on reading some "register" somewhere then goes into higher operational speed.

If you can get into POD/CAC then you might be able to set the mainboard to a lower speed without having boot into IRIX and use the "flash" comment.

This will help confirm one and for all, if it is possible get board set to lower speed without having to put in a faster CPU.

Cheers from Oz,


jwhat/John.