Can you test it ? I mean like getting it for 48h, run a complete gnome compile on it and when it works keep it ? I had lock ups with a badly cooled 6x86 on a no name motherboard (tomato it was called (sic!)), but when I left the case open it worked :)) cheers Michael On 09-Feb-99 Zulfiqar Naushad wrote:
Uh Oh!!
The mobo for this computer is a BIOSTAR. Someone else on this list mentioned that Cyrix chips have to be cooled very well......and the person I am getting this from said that he bought the retail version of the Cyrix chip and that it has a Cyrix made Fan and Heatsink.
Anyone out there has more suggestions before I say YES or NO?
This is purely anecdotal evidence, but I have a Cyrix P-166+ that works with name brand motherboards (FIC or Iwill), but it locks up every few days on a cheap generic motherboard (biostar). It could just be this chip, but ...
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