Eric -

If possible, you might want to try (2) 128MB modules.  My vendor virtually
refused to sell me a single 256MB module due to his experiences with them.

Kevin C.
> James,
> 
> I have a similar system, with two 366 CPUs, large heatsink/fans on the
> CPUs, a fan on the BX chip, and 256 MB of ECC memory (single module). 
> This system will not run overnight at 550 MHZ with LINUX or NT, and I
> could not build a kernel without seeing the "Received signal 11,
> exiting" errors.  This system was built by a vendor who claimed that
> they tested it, and guaranteed it would run at 550MHZ.
> 
> Setting the FSB of 92 MB, the system is very stable, and I have had it
> up for days with 2 copies of SETI running, and my MP3 player always on
> (using a SB Live PCI card).  I am also running with KDE and the X-screen
> saver turned on.  The graphic card is a ELSA Erazor X (NVidia Gforce
> 256), and I am running Mandrake 7.0, with the 2.2.14 kernel that I
> patched for the Ultra/66 chipset.
> 
> My CPU temps run between 36-41C, depending on the room temperature (but
> to do this, I have my case off, and an external fan blowing into the box
> until I have time to add more fans to the box).  I have not seen the
> APIC errors.
> 
> You may want to try slowing things down a bit.
> 
> Eric
> 
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