🚀 go-pugleaf

:We've tested the PC Chips/Hsingtech on every CPU except the
:Cyrix-P200+ and have not found any problems. I personally use a
:Pentium-133 on this motherboard overclocked to 150mhz (75mhz x 2) with
Yeah, just don't use a Cyrix CPU on these boards .
It's also nice that PC Chips themselves came out with a VRE module that they
advertise specifically to improve reliability with Cyrix CPU operation.
The fact that they are known as Taiwan's most notorious manufacturer, and the
originators of the fake cache concept, notwitstanding.

:exceptional performance. We've sold countless amounts of
:6x86-P166's/combos and have had no problem.

Really?  Quote your RMA rate and some of the email addresses of the people who
have returned them so people can ask them what sort of problems.  Wonder how
many will say, "random locks/crashes with Cyrix CPU's"?

:Both Cyrix AND AMD certify this board to work with their cpu's. That
:means that the board/cpu combos must go through some stringent testing

Sorry, it does not. It merely means they are compatible.  I learned the hard
way.  Their voltage regulators are not up to snuff for extended operation.
Tell some of the people having problems that the board is Cyrix certified and
they will laugh you off the face of the planet.

:My assumption is that you either bought a defective board or a an
:older revision of the board which may have had problems. You certainly
:did not buy it from us though.

Sure... better not tell him about the fake cache and BIOS patching that they use
on some of the M525s either... Unless you didn't know about that either...
Better yet, see how many M525's you can expand to a verifiable 512k.
Or... ask your supplier and see why the price on the 520s has fallen to about
$70 without cache module (to resellers).  They are just not that good. Okay with
Pentiums, yes, Not okay with 6x86s.  Face it pal, you're just going to have to
spend $5 more in sourcing cost rather than go into denial that the boards are
the lowest of the low-end in the market.

:
:>THis is 'NOT' ment to be a rude posting...just to let people know that the
:>'ALTON' Motherboards are not what they are cracked up to be.
:
:This post is most certainly meant to be RUDE and vindictive and I pity
:you Sir because it seems you have nothing better to do with your life
:but to smear other peoples reputations and business practices with
:negative comments that have no basis.

Whatever... try looking through the history of this newsgroups and you will find
a TON of messages relating to strange operation of the M520, M525, and M919.
Either there is mass hallucination going on, or a conspiracy is in place,
obviously....