Re: Triton II + 6x86 hangs

Harald Koenig (koenig@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de)
Mon, 4 Nov 1996 12:07:00 +0100 (MET)

> > I recently "upgraded" to a generic Triton II motherboard with a Cyrix
> > 6x86 processor. At random times my system now hangs completely - it
> >
> > Does anyone know what could be causing these hangs?
>
> I think it's a problem with the Cyrix chip. I had a similar problem with
> a similar setup. The thing would just stop. I got both the motherboard
> and the chip at the same time from the same vendor at a "Computer Show".
> I brought __BOTH__ back and the vendor swaped the CPU. End of problem.

according to an articel in a german computer journal (c't 11/96 p.268)
Cyrix 6x86 up to version 2.6 have a bug in cache management which
can cause system crashes in every OS (even Win*).

this bug should be fixed in chip version 2.7 (but don't ask me how to
find out the version of your chip; don't know).

Harald

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