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In article <804230850snx@mercer.demon.co.uk>
           alex@mercer.demon.co.uk "Alex Chapman" writes:

> It would appear that many people have experienced problems with the
> motherboard I have just installed :(  It is a GREEN-VLB motherboard
> (AMI BIOS 40-P101-001437-00101111-072594-GREEN-H) and reports TRAPD
> when I power up (have tried disabling caches etc.)
> 
> Thanks for any help, it is frustrating to upgrade to a 486DX2/66
> and only be able to use Windows :(
> 
Not sure if this counts as help <g>, but I got talking to an IBM techie
at Windows '95 (the show, not the software, obviously :-) when I was trying
to buy one of IBM's own Blue Lightning motherboards. It was pulled from
production because, among other problems, it nuked Warp. He also told me
that Warp could clash badly with the new "green" BIOSs, and could only
recommend avoiding them. Considering that _all_ motherboards now seem to
come with such a BIOS, that's not much of a solution.

On the other hand, I just upgraded from a VLB DX33 m/b to a VLB DX4-100
(254 ukp + VAT from Simply) and Warp runs just fine. The AMI BIOS setup has
green options like power-down settings, but the power-on screen number
ends with OPTI895-U. It is a board from TMC called a PAT48PG "Green" VLB
motherboard.

Could you return the m/b for a refund and get one that works? BTW there
is a high fault rate with some Taiwanese motherboards, and as most
suppliers just box-shift them you could easily have got a dud. I've just
spent 3 days climbing the walls as the result of a second identical DX4
system having a faulty m/b, the errors can be positively wierd! A friend
who runs a multimedia company told me that out of 13 systems he has put
together, only 4 boards worked first time.

Best of luck.

Dr Paul Kuczora.
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