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Some motherboards are not fully compatible with Cyrix or AMD's chips.  I had a 
generic FX motherboard with an AMD-K5 chip, and when loading software, it would 
crash the system half-way through the install.

Solution:  Bought a Gigabyte GA-586HX motherboard, solved all problems.  
Sometimes you have to shell out the extra cash to get a motherboard that has a 
little reliability behind it.  Try to choose one which has a web-site, a bbs 
line, or an address you can get to!

In article <01bc32c4$ede64040$39e437cb@dad-s>, dunn@wantree.com.au says...
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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.