Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 4 Nov 1996 08:10:54 -0600 (CST) | From | Robert Cope <> | Subject | Re: Triton II + 6x86 hangs |
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> I think it's a problem with the Cyrix chip. I had a similar problem with > a similar setup. The thing would just stop. I got both the motherboard > and the chip at the same time from the same vendor at a "Computer Show". > I brought __BOTH__ back and the vendor swaped the CPU. End of problem.
It is very easy to pawn problems off on the Cyrix cpu. I have a P150+ that works just fine. It had a problem similar to the one described. It actually turned out to be a flaky video card.
> Check that the CPU cooler fan is running. To protect the chip, Cyrix stops > the CPU's internal clock if the temperature gets too high.
I've never heard that before.
robert
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