[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I was going to buy the K63-450 in February. The tech told me AMD didn't
> support the K3 because the tri-level cache was flaky and undependable IF I
> was doing equations and other mathematical computations. Based on that and
> the fact I don't know anything about a cache, I bought a K62-500 instead.
> Considering the fact that I managed to totally mis-match the board and
> chip, it has been a remarkably wonderful processor. Winflop is unstable;
> Linux won't install - but the chip never fails. Now I'm looking at the ASUS
> PA-B (baby AT)to replace the board I just installed in a new AT tower. I
> can underclock the chip to 233 and run it on this board, but it would
> defeat the purpose of having it. I could have kept my money and run my
> MMX200. This has been a LARGE lesson.
>
> Any suggestions?
See if you can hunt down a proper K6/2 supporting board.
I use an Asus P5A (*grins*) and at the moment it's the only Super 7
board that pops to mind. I'm hesitant to recommend the board because the
ALi chipset on it was a disaster (The AGP bus hates fast cards, and it
makes Winblows more unstable than usual) - HOWEVER, Linux runs just
fine, and for Linux, this seems to make an adequate board.
Try and find a Super 7 motherboard that uses one of the Via Apollo
chipsets, those weren't plagued by stability problems.
I find stories like this unfortunate, because they give AMD a bad name.
This is one major reason (along with the more sensitive design of the
Athlon) that AMD elected to develop its own chipset for the Athlon
processors - and also one major reason why it pays to heed AMDs
recommended motherboard list. Following this list, I haven't gone wrong
once.
-Stephen-
