Date: Tue, 02 Jul 1996 22:56:05 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: delerium@eagle.ais.net (Synaesthesia) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: External cache weirdness Message-ID: <199607030556.WAA10721@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 02 Jul 96 22:31:33 -0500. <m0ubIf7-000W29C@eagle.ais.net>
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>I've recently picked up a 512k pipeline burst cache module for my
>P133/Intel Triton system. Plugging this into the motherboard results
>in some very interesting if unsettling behavior when the system tries
>to boot.
[...]
>If I disable the external cache, none of the above symptoms occur.
>Ideas?
Your COAST module is incompatible with your motherboard?
Seriously, I've heard that not "just any" COAST module will work with
"just any" motherboard. Apparently ASUS boards are pretty picky about
the quality of COAST module you insert in them, and people generally
recommend that you only put ASUS COASTS in an ASUS board, because
they're known to work together. Evidently there are lots of
"marginal" COAST modules floating around out there.
Maybe you should send it back and insist on a name-brand module known
to work with your specific motherboard.
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