Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 13:57:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <hlew@sequence.Stanford.EDU> To: Jeffrey Wheat <jeff@tad.cetlink.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Cyrix 6x86 and X11 rebooting Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960612135431.13535G-100000@aeffle.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199606112102.RAA00332@tad.cetlink.net>
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On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Jeffrey Wheat wrote: > I just installed a FIC motherboard with a Cyrix 6x86 155+ chip into my > workstation and I am having problems with XFree86 rebooting. I have rebuilt > my kernel (2.1-960606-SNAP) to include 486 and 586 support. I have in the > system, an adaptec 2940, a hercules Ark1000 Pro pci video and a SMC 9332 > pci 10/100 ethernet card. The system has 32 megs of ram. When I boot the > system, the CPU is detected as a 486 CPU. When I try and run X, the system > starts to load X and then the screen blanks out and reboots. My question is > will there be support ofr the Cyrix 6x86 chip and is there a work around for > my problem? The system otherwise runs very well and is rather quick compared > to a similar Pentium 150 based machine. Any help in this matter would be very > much appreciated as I am considering upgrading another 6 machines to these > boards/processors. > > Regards, > Jeffrey > Which FIC motherboard are you using? Something must be flaky with your setup because well sell the FIC motherboard with the Cyrix 6x86 P150+ and they run FreeBSD flawlessly. If you have a FIC PA-2002 motherboard, the manual mentions a few CMOS settings you need to change (I think the Adaptec 2940 requires a special CMOS setting). ---- || Shoppers Network BEST PRICES, FULLY x86 COMPATIBLE & FAST!!! || PO BOX 16627 Cyrix 686s now available! || San Francisco, CA 94116 Email - info@shoppersnet.com | ------------------------------> WWW - http://www2.shoppersnet.com -------------------------------> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com/shopping
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