On Tue, 2 Jan 2001 09:34:45 +0000, Int Eger wrote:
> My question is if an AMD K5 has the same instruction set as an Intel Pentium
> ? Or is it just a 'pushed-up' 486 ?
> I just set up a pc with spare parts, that's the K5 i'm talking about. First
> i noticed that Netscape 4.72 always crashed at a given moment (always during
> scrolling), then the computer just seems to freeze, and i can reboot... I
> installed Opera and that works just fine. I also tried to install a game
> that needs a pentium, and it always fails during installation, though in
> that case the computer doesn't freeze.
> So i'm wondering if this is caused by a difference in instruction set
> between K5 and Pentium ?
> The K5 has 32Meg RAM and runs Win95 (first version).
Izzat a SOCKET 3? Some '486' boards were upgraded to take 5x86 CPUs
even though the rest of the I/O was standard ISA 486. what speed is
the K5? 100? 120, 133, 166? you may have some jumpers to set so the
board knows what it is working with. A lotta the socket 3 maxes out
at 120. In any case, you could try slowing the board down a notch.
You could also get a copy of Mandrake Linux for 10-20$ and a hd to
install it on for 20-30$ leaving your win9er alone. I have my Linux
on the primary IDE cable, and DR-DOS 7 on the secondary. I push 'del'
during boot to enable or disable the Linux drive in CMOS. No matter
what kinda crash I have on the other drive, it dont even know that
the other OS exists, so it cant mess it up.
One of the reasons we went to Linux was to run Netscape. The win98 OS
kept messing with it, and they hadda re-install Netscape every few
weeks. I think it is Micky$loth sabotage trying to ruin Netscape.
We have not had a lick of trouble with Netscape on Linux. Win9 usta
crash every day; I've crashed Linux a couple times over the last few
months trying to tweak it. Linux/Netscape oughtta do just fine on a
K5 with 32 meg.
uncopywritten- do what you will with it.
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