From: Felix Miata 
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@Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 19:06:25 -0400
Subject: Re: Sorting Out Bad Hardware
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Don[ald] O. Woodall wrote:
 
>    at 06:40 PM, Felix Miata  said:
 
> >>      Well, FINALly, I have proved that the Tyan Trinity
> >> 100AT, S1590, motherboard, I recently bought, is just fine.
 
> >:-)

> >>      I just threw an AMD K6-2/450 in the trash.  Once I
> >> plugged a "new" AMD K6-2/500 into the motherboard,
> >> Windows 3.11 would install and not crash at the end of
> >> diskette 6.
 
> >Maybe the voltage wasn't right. Early K6/2's used 2.4v, while later ones
> >use less. Want to mail it to me to check out?
 
>      You mean I have to dig that out of the trash TOO! 
 
>      Once I got the heatsink separated from the CPU chip,
> I could see that it was 2.4 volts.
 
>      Well, I could always put it back in and set the
> M/B to 2.4 volts and try installing Windows 3.11 again
> and see if it would go.
 
>      Or are you looking for a free CPU?

I'd hate to pay more than postage for a "bad" CPU, but I do have a
friend's 200 MHz box here that I'm supposed to make go fast enough to
run software that recommends 266 MHz or better. Until I get the manual
for it I don't know if it can be made to use a K6/2 on the existing
motherboard. Sure hate to see usable PC parts go to waste though.
-- 
"Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry."
                                                Ephesians 4:26 NIV

 Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409

Felix Miata  ***  http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/


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