Subject: Re: PC164 MLB Xtal (Was:PC164 memory bus speeed:-)
To: Wilko Bulte <wilko@yedi.iaf.nl>
From: Joe <joe@lab.cba.ualr.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 11/04/1999 08:48:40
On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Wilko Bulte wrote:

> As Joe wrote ...
> > On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Jan-Hinrich Fessel wrote:
> > 
> > > In message <199911022327.PAA12562@random.teraflop.com>you write:
> > > nothing that really relates to this message...
> > > 
> > > I just wanted to know what Crystal to put on the PC164 MLB whit a 500MHz CPU 
> > > and what combination of IRQ-Jumpers is the correct one.
> > > 
> > > My board just came in with a set of Crystals (up to 50.00, 36.6 std. 
> > > installed) and IRQ2 jumpered.
> > > 
> > > Gruesse
> > >        Oskar
> > 
> > You will want to use the 50.00 MHz crystal and I think that you want the
> > jumpers to be off. You can the latest documentation for that board at:
> > 
> > http://ftp.digital.com/pub/Digital/info/semiconductor/literature/archives.html
> > 
> > It even tells you how much torque to put on the heaksink nuts. :)
> 
> Which is not just to be difficult. I know that in the DEC ^H^H^H Compaq
> repair facilities they use a torque wrench to avoid overtightening or
> warping the CPU metal plate. 
> 
> Wilko
> -- 

Yes, but most people don't realize that at 20in-lbs you can torque it with
your hands. If I only could reach the nuts with my fingers. :)

-Joe