K6-Pro User Guide
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1. What is K6-Pro?

K6-Pro is a shareware utility that enables the various optimizations of 
the AMD K6-series microprocessors. K6-Pro is loaded from config.sys when 
the PC boots and is compatible with DOS, Windows 95 and Windows 98.

If there is sufficient interest, we might also produce a version that 
resides in the Master Boot Record and which will be operating 
system-independent.


2. Do I need K6-Pro?

If you have upgraded your motherboard with an AMD K6 microprocessor and 
if your motherboard BIOS does not explicitly support the K6 processor, 
K6-Pro will provide some performance enhancements.

K6-Pro will work for the K6, K6-2 and K6-III processors. K6-Pro is more 
convenient and safer than a BIOS upgrade if you want to get the maximum 
performance out of your new processor.


3. How would I know if my BIOS supports the K6-series processors?

One way is to look at the motherboard manual. Does it mention the
kind of processors that are supported? This information may be in the
section that describes the various jumper settings of the motherboard.

If you have upgraded your BIOS, look at the release notes for mention
of support for the K6 processor.

The best way to find out is to install and run a benchmark program. If
you get some performance improvements with K6-Pro, then your BIOS
probably does not correctly initialize the K6 processor.


4. What is the Performance Gain with K6-Pro?

For testing the before and after, we used an AMD K6-III(tm)/400 and 
an AMD K6-2(tm)/400 and ran WinTune 98 4.0 under Windows 98. The bus 
speed was 66MHz, a clock multiplier of 6x was used and main memory was 
160MBytes. The motherboard used is circa-1997 and the system BIOS does 
not support the K6-2 and better processors.

Improvement with the K6-III was up to 16% for integer operations.

More information is available at our website :
	http://www.blueskyinnovations.com/k6pro.html


5. How do I use K6-Pro?

K6-Pro is loaded as a device driver.

You would put the following line in your CONFIG.SYS file:

	DEVICE=C:\K6-PRO.SYS


This assumes that K6-PRO.SYS is found in the root directory of your
C: drive.

IMPORTANT : Note that the DEVICE=... line MUST be the first line in 
the CONFIG.SYS file.

If you do not want to edit CONFIG.SYS yourself, we provide INSTALL.EXE
which creates a directory in C: drive called C:\K6-PRO. It then copies
all the necessary files into that directory and modifies CONFIG.SYS. The
original CONFIG.SYS file is changed to CONFIG.K6.


6. What if K6-Pro does not work?

Unlike a BIOS upgrade, you can undo the installation of K6-Pro.

If your PC ever becomes unstable after installing K6-Pro, reboot the
machine. Then when you see the message "Starting Windows 9x", press F8
very quickly. You will be presented with a menu. Choose "Safe mode
command prompt only".

Then copy the config.k6 file to config.sys like this:

	copy config.k6 config.sys

This will restore the original CONFIG.SYS file.


7. Where to go for help

Contact us at support@blueskyinnovations.com if you have any problems,
comments or suggestions. We try to answer all our emails.


8. How do I register K6-Pro?

K6-Pro registrations costs $10. It entitles you to free upgrades and
the removal of the nag screen.

To register, send US$10 to :
	BlueSky Innovations LLC
	2530 Berryessa Road, PWB#321
	San Jose, CA 95132
	USA

Or call	 BMT Micro at 1-800-414-4268.

You can also order via the Internet at 
	htt://www.blueskyinnovations.com/orderpage.html





