jason's wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Further to my original message regarding my PII300 processor liking the
> motherboard to be set at 266mhz. When I set the motherboard for a 300mhz
> processor, I repeatedly get the following message when using 1 particular
> program, yet when the m'board is set for 266, it behaves itself.

The final issue of Boot (changing the name to Maximum PC next month, September)
has an article regarding fake PIIs, basically they are PII 233s or 266s
remarked as 300s.  If you got a really great deal on the chip this might be the
reason.  I would recommend returning it if possible.

The article is on Page 18 of the July/August 98 issue and contains more
information.

Here is a URL to download a program to test to see if your 300 is a fake.

http://www.heise.de/ct/p2info/

Hope this information helps,

Robert Kilroy
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