Messages in this thread | | | From | (Harald Koenig) | Subject | Re: Triton II + 6x86 hangs | Date | Mon, 4 Nov 1996 12:07:00 +0100 (MET) |
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> > I recently "upgraded" to a generic Triton II motherboard with a Cyrix > > 6x86 processor. At random times my system now hangs completely - it > > > > Does anyone know what could be causing these hangs? > > I think it's a problem with the Cyrix chip. I had a similar problem with > a similar setup. The thing would just stop. I got both the motherboard > and the chip at the same time from the same vendor at a "Computer Show". > I brought __BOTH__ back and the vendor swaped the CPU. End of problem.
according to an articel in a german computer journal (c't 11/96 p.268) Cyrix 6x86 up to version 2.6 have a bug in cache management which can cause system crashes in every OS (even Win*).
this bug should be fixed in chip version 2.7 (but don't ask me how to find out the version of your chip; don't know).
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