Well, I did the test as destribed above, and the CPU got warm (let the
computer stay on long enough for the CPU get warm.  In a way I'm not
suprised that the CPU had problems.  #1 in windows when I when to open IE
(which I guess uses a lot of the processor, thus getting it hot) I would get
the "blue screen of death" and GPF's and what not.  As a matter of fact,
once the first GPF started every TSR started getting GPF's, so that started
to lend me to suspect the CPU.

I wish there's a fer sure way of seeing if its the processor.

So I have a question for the CPU experts for the pre-PII class CPU's:

which is hotter:

Cyrix (MMX) or AMD (K6) or Intel (Pentium MMX (pre-PII)

--Patrick Black

-----Original Message-----
From: David Olds <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, December 03, 1998 7:33 PM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Computer Problems, HELP!



>If the Video Card has gone bad or became unseated you would hear a series
of
>beeps...You can try to remove and reseat the card...Seldom does a processor
>go bad, but I have had Cyrix processors that were defective and would not
>boot correctly or be DOA....If the system is just dead, ie no beeps, noises
>or drive lights coming on, then its most likely either the processor or the
>motherboard....
>
>One way to check if its the Motherboard is to remove the CPU fan,  turn on
>the computer, turn off the computer.....if the CPU gets hot, then the
>motherboard is functioning and the CPU is not....

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