Re: 2.2.X lockup with rc5des

Riley Williams (rhw@MemAlpha.CX)
Sat, 25 Sep 1999 07:31:54 +0100 (GMT)


Hi Brandon.

> There are a whole host of issues here that could differentiate
> your machine from your friends', besides the processor....

> Have you tried doing a drop-in chip replacement on your machine?

Not yet, as I don't have anything compatible to drop in, and right at
the moment also can't afford to buy any such.

> I'm assuming your K6-2/350 setup is socket 7 and compatible with
> intel cpus..... could you grab say a Pentium 200 MMX, drop it
> into your board, boot back up and see what happens?

> I'd borrow a chip from a freind and try this method. If the box
> still hangs up as before, then the specific process and/or
> stepping is not the issue... in which case you can drop your K6
> back in and proceed to look for other issues....

Unfortunately, the only processors I can borrow from friends at the
moment are not compatible with my motherboard, otherwise I'd do
precicely that...

> I'd bet strongly on it not being your processor, though...

I wouldn't be surprised, but if it's not the processor, it's something
else on the motherboard as I've swapped everything other than those
two already without any change in behaviour...

Best wishes from Riley.

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