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by **David Y** » Tue, 10 Feb 1998 04:00:00

Ever since I upgraded my Gateway Pentium 120 to a K6 233 with an Intel
TX chipset, I've been experiencing problems with X apps.
The fvwm windows manager takes about 3-5 minutes to start or restart
and netscape now also takes about that time to start up.
I didn't experience any of these problems with my old CPU.
I've also re-installed my Linux Redhat 5.0 which didn't help.

Anyone have any ideas?
Thanx in advance.

by **Paul C Frederic** » Thu, 12 Feb 1998 04:00:00

>Ever since I upgraded my Gateway Pentium 120 to a K6 233 with an Intel
>TX chipset, I've been experiencing problems with X apps.
>The fvwm windows manager takes about 3-5 minutes to start or restart
>and netscape now also takes about that time to start up.
>I didn't experience any of these problems with my old CPU.
>I've also re-installed my Linux Redhat 5.0 which didn't help.

>Anyone have any ideas?
>Thanx in advance.

Nope, my AMD K-6 200 works just peachy with Linux, and X
Maybe it's because you upgraded a Gateway? I always thought
that they were in the business of selling new computers.
Upgrading, to them, doesn't make the best business sense.
hehehehe
BTW, I always build my own systems, they 'upgrade' real well.
Tske this box, for instance. I built it on a lark, because I had some parts
lying around.
I got the CPU, MOBO, and a case, put in what I had lying around, and
away I go!
What really impressed me was, this system doesn't perform bad at all.
It's sometimes twice as fast as my genuine Intel system.
And I haven't had _any_ compatibility problems.
Not with the microprocessor, not with any of it.

by **Hyong L** » Fri, 13 Feb 1998 04:00:00

>Ever since I upgraded my Gateway Pentium 120 to a K6 233 with an Intel
>TX chipset, I've been experiencing problems with X apps.
>The fvwm windows manager takes about 3-5 minutes to start or restart
>and netscape now also takes about that time to start up.
>I didn't experience any of these problems with my old CPU.
>I've also re-installed my Linux Redhat 5.0 which didn't help.
>Anyone have any ideas?
>Thanx in advance.

Do you notice a general slowdown, or just starting up X programs? If the
programs run as slowly as they start, you're bios may not be turning on the
primary caches in the K6. Just a thought.

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Regards,
Hyong

by **Nick Phillip** » Fri, 20 Feb 1998 04:00:00

> >Anyone have any ideas?
> >Thanx in advance.

Have you set the jumpers on your motherboard correctly for a K6-233? Is
your motherboard capable of supporting a K6-233 running at full speed?

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by **tafer..** » Sat, 21 Feb 1998 04:00:00

> > >Anyone have any ideas?
> > >Thanx in advance.

> Have you set the jumpers on your motherboard correctly for a K6-233? Is
> your motherboard capable of supporting a K6-233 running at full speed?

Are you sure that you do not have a heat problem ?

I remember that there are K6-233 out that run with 3.3V core voltage
and these types are likely to overheat.

Try to use a better CPU fan and a larger heat sink in this case.

When I tried to overclock my K6-200 I had problems when gameing that
resulted in the game simply terminating or the computer resetting
suddenly.

--Stefan

by **G&G Technologies Grou** » Sat, 21 Feb 1998 04:00:00

> > > >Anyone have any ideas?
> > > >Thanx in advance.

> > Have you set the jumpers on your motherboard correctly for a K6-233? Is
> > your motherboard capable of supporting a K6-233 running at full speed?

> Are you sure that you do not have a heat problem ?

> I remember that there are K6-233 out that run with 3.3V core voltage
> and these types are likely to overheat.

> Try to use a better CPU fan and a larger heat sink in this case.

> When I tried to overclock my K6-200 I had problems when gameing that
> resulted in the game simply terminating or the computer resetting
> suddenly.

> --Stefan

Any overheating probs with a K6 can usually be cured by simply putting a
bit of heat-transfer compound on the face of the cpu where it butts up
to the heat sink. You can get this stuff from Tandy/RatShack
(RadioShack) for next to nothing and it almost always solves the prob.
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