[H-GEN] Two questions: SCSI & Dodgy motherboard?

[Daehenoc]

On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Craig Eldershaw wrote:

> >I had this EXACT same problem - in my case it was the cache controller
> >(replaced the cache twice (to be sure, to be sure)). You might be lucky
> >and only have faulty cache, not faulty cache controller. Workaround - use
> >the 486 board as a piece of abstract art - or a discus :) bye!!!

Just following up my own post :- 6.22's edit program locks up if you have
faulty cache - good diagnostic tool.

> Or disable cache from the bios if that's an option.

Yes, that should work too. I think that I tried this (it was about 9
months ago that I came across this prob) and I think that the performance
of the board was so degraded that it wasn't worth it :( - but you might be
lucky.

Greg Vickers,
R&D Technician, Quality Assurance Technician and Service Technician

... Daehenoc ... a.k.a The Gingerbread Man