Richard E. Hawkins Esq. wrote: > > > So if you get a new chip then it shouldn't have any problems? > > > Yes, but talking quite frankly with the techs there, they said the > > fastest they are turning them back around is 7-9 weeks. 2 months > > without a CPU?? > > a couple of things: > > a) the buggy chips are no longer avaialable.
True, but there are a lot still out there. > b) it really isn't significant. It only occurs in *really* obscure places. > I'm not sure that anybody saw it in linux save during kernel compiles untell > they went seriously looking. I was getting kernel panics until I added 'append="mem=32M"' into lilo.conf on a 64MB machine. This was while the machine was servering up just web stuff. > c) i have'nt looked for a few weeks, but the hardware newsgroups were > reporting almost instant turn-around. As well as the ability, if you lived > nearby, to walk it through. I live in NY, so that was out of the question. It runs fine in winders95 with 64MB RAM though.. <shrug> Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps "The squeaky wheel gets the grease, but gets changed at the next opportunity if it squeaks habitually." ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
