Nexxen wrote on 2023-01-29, 22:48:
AlessandroB wrote on 2023-01-29, 16:18:
PC with cache does not boot, disabling it works normally. I proceeded to uninstall the chips on the motherboard. Will the computer suffer as much in speed without L2? Or should I try to find a new one? Is there a way to test which chip is bad??
tnks
Faulty cache chip, I had it many times.
Unless it is not... :p
unstable or faulty cache could cause lockups, program crashes, etc. or make your PC refuse to boot, was experiencing this on one of my 486 boards, i eventually got it to work with some known good ICs i have in my random ICs box, it's only 128k but it is all fine.
R5 5600X, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3060 TI, Win11
P3 600, 256 MB RAM, nVidia Riva TNT2 M64, SB Vibra 16S, Win98
PMMX 200, 128 MB RAM, S3 Virge DX, Yamaha YMF719, Win95
486DX2 66, 32 MB RAM, Trident TGUI9440, ESS ES688F, DOS