Re: Cyrix kernel patch
On Mon, Oct 06, 1997 at 08:03:57PM -0700, George Bonser wrote:
> On 07-Oct-97 Adam Heath wrote:
> >>On Mon, 6 Oct 1997, Shaleh wrote:
> >>
> >>> Is there a patch against 2.0.29 for cyrix chips?? Is anyone using it??
> >>
> >>I tried the patch for 2.0.30 kernels (on a 2.0.30 kernel, of course) and
> >>it locked up a few times ... so if anyone has had better luck with this
> >>patch, please let me know. At this point I'm considering downgrading to
> >>kernel 2.0.27, as I'm told a lot of 2.0.30 is broke anyway.
> >
>
> I always had trouble with my Cyrix workstation locking up. I fixed it by UNDER
> clocking the CPU.
>
> After I did that, I have never had a problem with it.
I had this problem too, but it seemed to go away just a couple of weeks
before I upgraded to K6 anyway. I got a new voltage regulator,
that was about it. I haven't used the onboard one in ages.
Hamish
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