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Re: Help - Cyrix P166+ problems!

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From: #g_larson
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 00:00
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Does your motherboard support AMD and Cyrix cpu's.  Are the jumpers
set correctly for the CPU type.  I have sold hundreds of OEM HX boards
for $95 with no problems.  You might want to try a jumperless
motherboard that setups the cpu via software.  I sell one for $129,
the ABIT IT5 w/512k L2 cache.
On 17 Mar 1997 11:24:04 GMT, "Iain Dunn" <dunn@wantree.com.au> wrote:

>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: #g_larson@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Re: Help - Cyrix P166+ problems!
Date: 1997/03/18
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