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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!news-relay.us.dell.com!jump.net!news From: rlindsay@jumpnet.com (Rick Lindsay) Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Pentium 100, TP4N, 2x8 MB 60ns EDO a non go? Date: 30 May 1996 04:39:59 GMT Organization: Jump Point Communications, Inc. Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4oj8qv$9mb@news.jump.net> References: <4ofrh6$24@fu-berlin.de> Reply-To: rlindsay@jumpnet.com (Rick Lindsay) NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.8.14.2 X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus:16459 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:20332 In <4ofrh6$24@fu-berlin.de>, thimm@physik.fu-berlin.de (Axel Thimm) writes: >Hello, >I am trying to run a Pentium 100 on a ASUS TP4N MB with 2x8MB EDO-RAM >SIMMs running 60ns. The specifications seem to be OK, and all parts >mentioned are new, but the system will not work with 66/100 MHz but only >with max 60/90. >The system shows up illegal op codes in the kernel or in emacs or X. >Also sometime the IRQ of the first serial port (IRQ4) does not respond. >(Also my mouse on COM2 dies from time to time). Someone once wrote that >this is seen when overclocking the system. >The error in the kernel occures when the system tries to identify the >CD-ROM (I can give more details if necessary.) >I already tried disabling external and internal caches but nothing >improves. >DOS seems to have less problems with it. >There were some similar postings in the past, maybe someone knows more >about it? >Any help will be greatly appreciated. Classic bad memory problem..... Rick Lindsay Lindsay Computer Systems http://www.jump.net/~lcs/ Voice 512-719-5257, Fax: 512-719- available upon request Austin, Texas