Ultra wrote:
> Seems like you've tried everything but the mobo and CPU. I think you should try another mobo first.
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> Jun Qian
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> "Fred E. Caldwell" wrote:
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> > I picked up a friends AMD K6-400 the other day after it crashed. It was not bootable so I decided to fdisk the MBR and the HD. When I tried to format the I found that I got the same erra with the new HD. I changes
I would think new Main Board as well... But with the last K6-2 400 systems I built last week, I had 2 CPU's that were bad. Brand new never before used.. Quite strange since I have never found a new CPU to be bad, especially 2 in a row. One of the bad ones acted like the timing issues for k6-2 350+ cpu's on OSR2, (not the case) and the other would not even post.
So You may want to check out both main board and CPU!
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