[newbie] General Protection Faults = overclocked CPU?

2000-02-11 Thread Steve Leseman
I just attempted to install Mandrake 6.0 and keep getting General Protection Fault and Kernel Panic messages. I'm using the CD to boot it on a new AMD K6/2 450 MHz which I just had put together almost 2 weeks ago, and it's been running Win98 with no problems. Part way through the boot process

Re: [newbie] General Protection Faults = overclocked CPU?

2000-02-11 Thread Guillermo Belli
I got a K6-2 350 running @400MHz. I got absolutely no problems with Win95 or Linux. But if there's something wrong with the higher clock speed and that error, then you don't have to get it back to the shop. Just look at your motherboard manual and set the jumpers so that the CPU runs at the