Date: Fri, 5 Dec 1997 11:24:49 +0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <hackers@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Should I buy a Cyrix processor? Message-ID: <19971205112449.11991@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199712042008.NAA12858@usr09.primenet.com>; from Terry Lambert on Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 08:08:39PM %2B0000 References: <19971204134503.49496@vmunix.com> <199712042008.NAA12858@usr09.primenet.com>
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On Thu, Dec 04, 1997 at 08:08:39PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >> I'd second that. I had a Cyrix 686 about 6 months ago, and I ended up >> throwing it in the garbage.. I had overheating problems, strange >> system lock-ups, etc, etc.. It might have been the motherboard, or just >> bad settings or something - but I tried everything and it just wasn't >> reliable. If you're going to do non-Intel x86, I think I'd recomend the AMD >> K6 over the Cyrix CPUs. > > We had that same problem on Sean Eric Fagan's machine. > > Until we set the motherboard voltage jumper correctly. > > After which the problem went away. Ah yes. The c't article mentioned that. I noticed yesterday that some motherboards now claim to do auto voltage sensing, whatever that means. Is sef happy with his machine? What motherboard? Greg
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