Sometimes this type of problem is very simple to fix.
I would advise unlatching the processor from the socket, making sure that it
is fully seated (flush with the socket) and re-latching it.
Often the heat sinks and fans will prevent full contact and a pin might have
marginal conductivity.
This will result in the type of reported errors...
-JMS
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of -michael-
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 6:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] pentium III
On Thursday 25 January 2001 07:17 pm, regarding Re: [newbie] pentium III,
you
said:
> On Friday 26 January 2001 02:10, you wrote:
> > I have an Intel Pentium III socket 370 @ 733mhz, and Mandrake fails to
> > boot. It appears to be when it attempts to identify the processor. It
> > picks it up as a pentium III, but then says something along the lines
of
> > "386/387 coupler failed, attempting to reset" and will scroll that non
> > stop. I've tried 3 differant versions of mandrake (7.0 (retail) , 7.1
> > (download), 7.2(download)), and on 3 differant machines (all with the
> > same cpu) Two of the machines had 240 megabyets of ram (16 shared for
> > video memory) and one has an even 128. Mandrake reported the same
thing
> > upon boot up, in every trial. Is there any way to run linux on my box
> > or is it a chip/chipset problem that I would have to buy a new
> > motherboard for?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Marc
> > _________________________________________________________________
>
> I have a PIII 550E overclocked to 733MHZ and it runs Mandrake just fine
> (I've used 7.0, 7.1 and now 7.2 on it). Slot 1, but I can't see that
> making any difference. That error doesn't ring any bells with me, are you
> sure that's what your error says? Did the install complete., or is this a
> boot problem after install? Give some more information and we'll try to
> help, but keep in mind, we may have a cpu (hardware) problem here. Are
you
> using a slocket card or is the mobo a "real" socket 370? If it's a
> slocket, I might suspect it--linux does not like marginal hardware.
> Besides, slockets are cheap so a different one is an inexpensive test.
I have an Abit se6 with a p3 733 coppermine and it runs well; currently
overclocked to 754, but who's counting?
--
+pax+
-michael-
