UPDATE: computer to do linux programming

[Anthony M. Abate]

If it boots at 100 mhz ..... your chip is good for only 100 mhz FSB.  The
only other thing could be the bios may need to be flashed, but I doubt it.
Set it to 6x100 and see what happens, most likely it will load just fine and
run.


> Hi y'all,
>
> I finally bought all the components for the Pentium III
> from Fry's this weekend viz Pentium III(with 512 Kb cache), Iwill vd 133
> motherboard (with bus speed of 133 MHz), 128 MB RAM and Diamond video card
> with 16 MB memory.
>
> I assembled the computer in no time but now the problem is that it doesn't
> like to set the bus speed at 133 MHz and the maximum speed I can setup
> from the jumpers on the motherboard is 100MHz :-( Trying to change the bus
> speed through the BIOS or the motherboard jumper leads to system hanging
> up on me. Is there anything I am doing wrong or not doing?
>
> The memory test comes out allright for 66 & 100 MHz and yes the memory is
> for PC133.
>
> I am seriously thinking of returning the motherboard, CPU and memory back
> to Fry's and getting a cheapo box from CCC that works.
>
> Asim
>
>
>
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