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Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 06:22:33 -0800
To: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com>,
        "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net>
From: "Randy A. Katz" <randyk@ccsales.com>
Subject: Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+ 
Cc: Paul Southworth <pauls@locust.etext.org>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
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Try doing that, or rather, try finding me a RAID adapter (SCSI) that will
fit in that situation.

At 12:07 AM 3/31/97 -0700, Doug Russell wrote:
>
>
>On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote:
>
>> All the Cyrix chips I've seen come with a Cyrix-approved heat sink/fan
>> combo.  Cyrix got some flak for sending out chips that would fail with
>> no-name heat sinks and fans.  They are using large heat sinks with
>> fans that spin faster than "normal" cheapo fans.  They do this so they
>> can ship out chips that run hotter at the higher speeds, by
>> guaranteeing the provided heat sink/fan will keep the chip from
>> burning up.
>
>The Cyrix heatsinks are terrible.  Or at least every one I have seen
>has been totally inadequate.  I tried them, and gave up.  The machines we
>sell with Cyrix chips get set up with a big monster heatsink and a fast
>fan on top.  Totally eliminates any chance of putting a full length card
>in a couple of slots, but that isn't normally a problem these days.
>
>The PC Power and Cooling fans work great on the slower chips (and I use
>them on our Pentium systems, well, and when we used to do 486es too..)
>but they don't move enough air for the 166/200 chips.
>
>Later......						<Doug>
>
>