Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 08 Aug 2003 09:12:41 +1000 | From | Eyal Lebedinsky <> | Subject | Re: Loading Pentium III microcode under Linux - catch 22! |
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Chris Rankin wrote: > > --- Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote: > > As far as I am aware none of the microcode updates > > even apply to 933Mhz era PIII, just the ones the > > BIOS ships with by default nowdays. Also the kind of > > stuff the errata fix are obscure ultra-weird corner > > cases people just don't hit. > > Lucky me, eh? > > My CPUs *do* take microcode, and they are 933 MHz... > ;-). I upgraded from a pair of 733 MHz CPUs bought in
Some random ideas: - reinstall the slower, stable CPUs and burn the BIOS If you are a linux hacker then you kept these "just in case".. or else - get a loaner CPU and use it to burn the BIOS If you are a linux hacker then you have no life and no friends to get a loaner from but you do have a roomfull of computer parts... otherwise - install only one CPU, it may be more stable - run your CPU slower than spec, it may be more stable most microcode bugs are not timining sensitive but it is worth a try
Good luck.
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