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Help - Cyrix P166+ problems!

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From: Iain Dunn
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 00:00

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Gday,

I recently bought a new clone HX motherboard with a Cyrix P166+ CPU.

In the 5 days I have had it I have had to format my Hard Drives 3 times,
then go through the process of re-installing all of my software.

Basically I am getting a lot of Windows Protection errors, lost clusters
and spontaneous reboots.

The system worked fine for the last couple of days but when I got home
today it would reboot after loading Win95 (OEM 2) about halfway. I tried to
re install Win95 but was having a lot of errors reading the CD Rom (Corrupt
cab file message) and lock-ups in DOS. After re-partitioning and formating
the Hard Drives again I was able to get Win 95 installed again (albeit with
a couple of crashes). I am loathe to re install all of my software again as
I dont trust the machine.

Any ideas of possible reasons for my problem will be greatly appreciated.

Iain Dunn

Perth, Western Australia.

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From: "Iain Dunn" <dunn@wantree.com.au>
Subject: Help - Cyrix P166+ problems!
Date: 1997/03/17
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