Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:56:06 +0300 (EET DST) From: "Andrew V. Stesin" <stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua> To: michaelv@HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com) Cc: Eloy.Paris@ven.ra.rockwell.com, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: My Cyrix microprocessor/motherboard problems Message-ID: <199606201056.NAA12010@office.elvisti.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <199606190445.VAA18326@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at Jun 18, 96 09:44:45 pm
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# >1) Replace the Cyrix 486DX4 with a genuine Intel DX4. # # One more suggestion, while we're on a roll... ;-) # # Get an AMD 5x86 133MHz. It's basically a 133MHz 486DX4. And, AMD # works just as well as Intel, and costs less. AMD has never had these # Cyrix DLC problems, either. I'm typing this on an AMD 5x86/133 right # now, so I know it works. :-) Seconded. # Still, you're right -- you may have to go to step two and three, and # try a different motherboard. If one doesn't want Pentium for now, I can state that recent SiS 496/7 -based PCI boards are fairly stable. Not as fast as Saturn II -based ones, but with 15ns L2 cache theyr'e not slow either. # If you get a new motherboard (like an ASUS, where it's a known working # board), Are SP3G (SaturnII) still in the market? (And their SP3 (SiS) aren't damn nice -- only 2 SIMM slots, for example). # make sure you get at least 256K level-2 cache (I have 512K). Just every 486 board today comes with 256k L2 cache, I should note, so it's difficult to get less :) -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 "You may delegate authority, but not responsibility." Frank's Management Rule #1.
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