The Problem with the Cyrix is the Heatsink. Take good care that the motherboard
has a good heatsinc and be prepared for a lot of energy being used.
Besides this get a program called set6x86, I don't know where it is but you
should be able to find it in freshmeat.net or yahoo :)) It lets you get the
maximum speed out of the cyrix as well as let the cpu be turned to power save
mode while idling.
Cheers
Michael
BTW I am using a 6x86 166 with a ASUS T2P4 at 83 MHz Bus Speed with no
rpoblems. Kernel Version is 2.2.1, all progbrams compiled with pgcc-1.1.1 and
optimized mostly with -O6 -mcyrix6x86
On 09-Feb-99 Andy Ford wrote:
>
> Zulfiqar Naushad wrote:
>>
>> I found an excellent deal for a Cyrix 6x86 P150+ based system. Only 150
>> Canadian Dollars with 1 Gig HDD and 14 inch monitor!! :-)
>>
>> However, before I go ahead and get it, I wanted to know if there was any
>> linux related bugs in the chip.
>>
>> I remember reading that Cyrix chips were buggy under Linux, and that a
>
> This is purely anecdotal evidence, but I have a Cyrix P-166+
> that works
> with name brand motherboards (FIC or Iwill), but it locks up
> every few
> days on a cheap generic motherboard (biostar).
> It could just be this chip, but ...
> --
> yours,
> Andy
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