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To: Investor A who wrote (25724)	11/10/1997 2:27:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1580138

Fuchi Wu - Are you entitled to a Refund from Cyrix? High failure rates forced Cyrix to recall some 10,000 6x86MX chips By Lisa Dicarlo August 27, 1997 12:40 PM PDT PC Week Online Cyrix Corp. has tightened up its CPU testing procedures after being forced to recall at least 10,000 of its 200MHz 6x86MX processors soon after their introduction. The problem has since been rectified, but the MMX-enabled processors, released in late May, failed after an undetermined length of time, according to two Cyrix distributors and Cyrix officials. "The failure rate was higher than we'd like," said Steve Tobak Please get your refund - don't operate a defective 6x86MX. Paul