> > Another problem I have at times is that the temperature on the motherboard
> > and/or cpu is getting very hot so the BIOS complains (I thought about
> > turning these checks off but thought it might be safer with them still on).
>
>
> I think this second "problem" is the cause of the first....If
> your BIOS has no "turbo" option, and you get a "lockup" when the
> speed drop occurs (what you described is a form of "lockup")..
> then, the chip would seem to have an internal temp sensor, and
> it's saving its brains from cooking.......
I think this is correct, make sure your CPU cooling fan is functional!
I just (wks ago) got an AMD400 K6-2 & it doesn't like my early ver. of
WINsnot95 but runs fine in DOS ... my fan is kewl <g>.
If your using WINcrap95/98 you can get a software cooling prog that
helps ... let me know if you need & I'll point you there. Any "Pentium"
class CPU NEEDS cooling with external fan on top! When I first built my
PR90AMD the fan died after a week & I experienced the probs you noticed
... new fan ... no probs.
later,
rick
01/04/80 on my PB486 <g>
