I'm putting an AMD K6-2/400 in a system that had an Intel 233mmx.
MB jumpers were changed, and triple checked.
Flashed the BIOS for AMD chip support, and ran (233mmx) system
with all parts for a couple days to test... Most parts are about a
month or two old, except the 233mmx and hard drive.
Installed "AMD" system patch (amdk6upd.exe) before changing out
the Intel chip.
Started getting all the errors I see here on the list:
       Exception 6 in VXD VOLTRACK...
       While initializing device IOS... ,
       Bad FAT errors (Copy FAT 1 to FAT2, etc.)
       and others...
Could not boot to safe mode to install iosw95 patch. (RMM2UPD.EXE)
I pulled the hard drive (10g, 8 months old) and stuck in another.
"New" (tested) drive - would not read right. Fdisked, formatted, and started
several clean Win95b installs.  All kinds of "access type" errors, both on the
CD and the hard drive.
I "underclocked" the AMD to 233.  Finished the clean install on
the spare drive, and even got on my LAN.
SO the problem is "under control"...

Is this the problem?...  My motherboard says it will support a FSB? at
100m and ALSO at the same time has specific jumper settings
for 100mCPU Freq(x4) with 66mSDRAM as a combination. (Also 100/100).
Is that an idea that has "passed" with a legitimate chip running at 400m?

An even dumber question is - If the problem is with the chip patches
not being in, and only getting a command prompt,
(no way to install patches), then how do you install an AMD chip
with a clean motherboard/hard drive?...

Or do you think I have a "bad" CPU chip?
(I'd try PC100 SDRAM if I had any.)
               Rick Glazier

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