Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-18 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > The system has been up for "32 minutes" according to uptime, and they > are actually /not/ noticeably hot, just slightly above "cold metal" > temperature. Large shiny pieces of copper-colored metal, large enough > to /look/ like they should be hot.

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-17 Thread Kevin M. Bealer
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > >On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > >> After trying all sorts of measures, I have found one that seems so far >> to reliably fix the problem: run it with the case off. Since there is >> unlikely to be any "grounding problems" because of the way the case is >>

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-17 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > After trying all sorts of measures, I have found one that seems so far > to reliably fix the problem: run it with the case off. Since there is > unlikely to be any "grounding problems" because of the way the case is > laid out (its a full tower, the

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-17 Thread Kevin M. Bealer
"Kevin M. Bealer" wrote: >"Kevin M. Bealer" wrote: >(clipping orig post and most of reply...) >> (again...) >(grinding teeth) > >Kernel compiles are failing (twice). No signal 11's, just the compile >complains about things as though random characters were inserted into >a compile pipe or somethin

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-17 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Wed, 16 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > It is on the Cyrix "recommended" list as well, and has specific > documentation for setting up with this CPU (Cyrix 200+ has a 75 MHz > bus speed; if your MB runs it at 60 MHz bus, you effectively have > a 200 * (60/75) = 160.) > I guess it's going

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-16 Thread Kevin M. Bealer
Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > >On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > >> "Kevin M. Bealer" wrote: > >> Following up on this: >> >> After: >> >> 1) installing set6x86 >> 2) Setting all BIOS settings to maximum delay timings (for RAM) >> 3) Setting the ISA bus frequency to 7.159 MHz (lowest setti

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-15 Thread Jason Gunthorpe
On Tue, 15 Jul 1997, Kevin M. Bealer wrote: > "Kevin M. Bealer" wrote: > Following up on this: > > After: > > 1) installing set6x86 > 2) Setting all BIOS settings to maximum delay timings (for RAM) > 3) Setting the ISA bus frequency to 7.159 MHz (lowest setting) >(only my CDROM, modem, and

Re: Gigabyte 586S and Cyrix 200+ (was Dual Pentium Machines)

1997-07-15 Thread Kevin M. Bealer
"Kevin M. Bealer" wrote: (clipping orig post and most of reply...) > >I would suggest subscribing to linux-smp, and look at the archives for >the list, too. I asked this question a week or two ago and then >decided that the Cyrix 200+ with a Gigabyte 586S board was the best >for the money(*). > (c

Re: Dual Pentium Machines

1997-07-14 Thread Kevin M. Bealer
Greg Vence wrote: >Hello, > >Its time to upgrade... What dual Pentium machines do people like and >what have known problems? I looked in LDP and didn't see anything >regarding this topic. > >Thanx -- Greg. > I would suggest subscribing to linux-smp, and look at t

Dual Pentium Machines

1997-07-13 Thread Greg Vence
Hello, Its time to upgrade... What dual Pentium machines do people like and what have known problems? I looked in LDP and didn't see anything regarding this topic. Thanx -- Greg. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . T