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Re: Old Asus TX97-E hangs up

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From: krystan
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2000 00:00
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I havent changed my original settings and this 300 Cyrix runs 4x66=~266

Rob wrote:

> Are you running it at 4x75 or 3.5x83?  If so maybe the HDD or LS-120
> can't handle the overclocked bus.  Try knocking it back to 66, and if
> that fixes it you may have to reconsider your options, ie- running it
> slower, replacing the CPU with a K6-400 (will run at 2x66 = 6x66), or
> changing either the board or whichever drive is not playing the game.
>
> Rob
>
> "krystan" <"krystan[REMOVEnospam]"@bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
> news:3A0E2AAB.A75316A9@bigpond.net.au...
> > Hi All!,
> > I've decided to reuse my old Asus TX97-E with Cyrix 300, 2x64SDRAM,
> > Quantum Fireball 4.3Gb and LS-120. I had this set working OK but after
> 2
> > upgrades I put all new parts into one box and older parts (listed as
> > above) into a second box to try to rebuid the original box.
> > Unfortunatelly the TX97-E BIOS 0108e runs through the RAM test and
> lists
> > HDD and Ls120 and then hangs up. Would this be a problem with I/Os or
> > the BIOS?
> > I've reset the BIOS to its defaults but to no avail. In this situation
> I
> > could not even flash the BIOS as my LS-120 is recognised but not
> > initiated.
> > Any clues?
> >
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From: krystan <"krystan[REMOVEnospam]"@bigpond.net.au>
Subject: Re: Old Asus TX97-E hangs up
Date: 2000/11/12
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