Re: Am486/100 writeback processor reboot woes
Matthias Urlichs (smurf@smurf.noris.de)
Thu, 24 Oct 1996 06:30:57 -0200
In linux.dev.kernel, article <slrn56s7h1.gh8.erik@fenris.campus.vt.edu>,
erik@fenris.campus.vt.edu (Erik) writes:
>
> If you have this problem, your motherboard is MISCONFIGURED. You must
> configure your motherboard as either
> (A) a 486S (SL?) chip (not SX )
> (B) an INTEL 486 DX/4 chip
> This is a fairly common problem on 486 DX4/120s from AMD, and probably should
> be a FAQ.
>
At least with my Asus SP3G, this means that I can either get the 66.56
BogoMIPS I bought the CPU for, or I can get a proper reboot.
I've been playing with these jumpers until my fingers hurt, but it just
didn't work. (Besides, too much power cycling is bad for your hard disk.)
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