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To: Petz who wrote (73522)9/30/1999 3:01:00 AM
From: Elmer  Respond to of 1574595
 
Re: "Its probably really a processor erratum, in other words, some hardware signal has too slow or fast a rise time, or the voltage isn't quite right. Apparently COMPAQ motherboards can tolerate the slight difference but the Intel motherboard can't. That would explain why COMPAQ motherboards work around the "procssor bug."

It's possible, I agree, but I think it's more likely it is a board problem.

EP