Thanks for the advice. My BIOS ID string is this:
06/02/96-i430VX-2A59Ht5BC-00
Award Software ver. 4.51 Release 07/02/1996L
CYRIX PR150+ (120Mhz)
Oh, by the way, do you knowwhere can I find on the net a BIOS upgrade or my
board? Or maybe you know what kind of board is this? I think is Tyan,
because of the t5 thing. Acording to Award T5 is TYAN, but what about t5 ?
Thanks!
Alex
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> From: Moore Brett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: re: redhat-5 install & cyrix
> Date: Tuesday, April 21, 1998 3:48 PM
>
>
> Had a similar incident here a couple of months back. I saw no real clue
as
> to why it was happening...it appeared like the cdrom would 'hiccup' and
> the whole show would stop, as you point out, not consistantly in the same
> spot. Here's the steps I took to overcome the trouble;
>
> Check CPU fan! PR150+'s are getting long in the tooth. I've seen cheap
> fans 'bind' or in some other way fail, causing them to run underspeed.
> This trouble may not be immediately apparent...it is when you see how a
> new one runs in comparison :) [most of the are only cheap rubbish anyhow]
>
> Check and clean (if necessary) simm contacts & cacheram stick contacts.
In
> the latter case here, my cacheram contacts were filthy (oxidization). Be
> aware you need sortta know what you're doing here, and need observe ESD
> precautions.
>
> Next...clock the thing down if you can with board jumpers. I took the one
> here down to 120Mhz..the install completed successfully after this tweek.
>
> CARUMBA! The gcc compiler I got on my rhl-5.o boxset cdrom, ensured I
> could only contemplate chapter6 in the install manual. It wouldn't do
> anything but sig_11 on the cyrix-150. My immediate work-around this
> gliche, was to drop back to gcc-2.7.2.3-6 (gcc-2.7.2.3-8 was on the
> cdrom), though subsequently, the cyrix_specific gcc-2.7.2.3-9 rpm has
> become available and this too works...so might as well head straight to
> that now.
>
> >Then< you can finally compile a kernel for the thing, boot it, check it,
> and all should be fine. Anything that core_dumps for inexplicable
reasons,
> and then caveat to having already installed the upgrade rpms, I find will
> behave itself after you reinstall using SRPM instead.
>
> Somewhere along this path, with known functioning kernel/software, you
can
> try taking the thing back up to speed (<-haha) and, if this holds true
for
> you, the thing will hang on. This worked for me..your only other
recourse,
> is to install a different CPU...or consider also, some other part of the
> hardware is failing.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Db
>
> ..oh, ps: if you want to forward myself the bios number of the boardROM,
> I'd be much appreciative for the input on my db of weird&wonderful hw.
>
>
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