Maybe you should check out the settings for the CPU, 75MHz is not
the standard setting, there is also a Cyrix PR200+MMX that runs at
2.5x66 . The 2.5x66 is a slightly faster part. Both the 2x75 and the
2.5x66 run at voltage settings of 2.8v~3.0v .

                                 Mark Walter

>     I have a couple of questions regarding a new PC that a cousin just
> bought.  It is a Cyrix MX 200 on a TX Pro motherboard running at 75 MHz
> bus speed(standard setting for MX 200).  It also has 32 MB EDO, 3.2GB
> Western Digital, 20X Cyber Drive, AD-CHIPS ASP-16 sound card, Cirrus
> Logic 33.6 modem (this was a new one to me) and an S3 Virge 4 MB video
> card.  He purchased it at a local shop and knows that it is very
> generic.
>
> 1)  Why would you install the motherboard in the case on top of the pink
> foam anti-static pad?  This is the first one I have ever seen like this.
>
> 2)  What would cause the PC to not boot every time you turn the power
> switch on?  All of the lights come on, the hard drive spins up, but the
> monitor never flashes the video bios message.  A quick reboot usually
> brings it right on or turn the power off, waiting a couple of seconds
> and then flipping it back on.
>
> Thoughts and ideas are welcome.  Thanks!
>
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