On Saturday 24 September 2005 05:20 pm, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > hi, > > the sempron is a 32bit (!!) CPU! > > Some semprons have deactivated 64 bit (they are defective in the 64bit part > or superflous ones, that were 'downgraded') but you can not be sure, that > your sempron is one of them with 64bit. > > So use the athlon-xp flags with them.
Hello yourself! Revision D Sempron cpus in several speed grades, and apparently all revision E Semprons have had their 64-bit capabilities switched on. Check theinquirer.net and amdzone.com for the speed grade details. I don't and won't have first-hand experience with this, but this info can be checked out easily. Keep that open mind handy, folks! Bill Tetrault Madison, WI -- [email protected] mailing list
