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To: Time Traveler who wrote (48873)	2/7/1999 1:15:00 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571719

Re: "So, let me repeat again, and it may help you more to go back to read my posts. The K6-2/333 system I put together late last year failed to run at 100MHz FSB and any speed above 333MHz. Even at 333MHz, I have encountered a system lock-up (only once so far) while booting up. " I all fairness to AMD, it may not be the CPU that is causing your troubles. It could be the memory modules or the motherboard itself or who knows what. The CPU is probably the most reliable component in your system, even if it is from AMD. EP

To: Time Traveler who wrote (48873)	2/7/1999 5:15:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1571719

<Even at 333MHz, I have encountered a system lock-up (only once so far) while booting up.> That's it? Oh, and I thought you were having intermittent problems or something of that nature, not a one-time lock-up. <And what do you find your AMD 486 compatible system so displeasing that grows a tumor like ill-feeling towards K6 family of processors?> Nothing. I left it at my parents' house, and it still works, although it's dirt slow thanks to Windows 95 and 16 MB of memory. And like Elmer said, I don't think the processor is at fault. Rather, I think it could be a motherboard or peripheral problem. Any processor, whether from AMD, Intel, Cyrix, or Rise, should be 100% reliable at its rated speed. Tenchusatsu