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From: mel@athena.cs.uga.edu ( Melvin S. Fuller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Could math chip cost damage to the motherboard?
Message-ID: <1990Nov29.034848.7527@athena.cs.uga.edu>
Date: 29 Nov 90 03:48:48 GMT
Sender: mel@athena.cs.uga.edu ( Melvin S. Fuller)
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens
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I have a 3months old generic IBM compatible 386SX-16 and just bought
a Cyrix 3S87-16 math coprocessor. After the math chip is plugged in,
the system will not boot up even the chip is unplugged.  The chip should
be plugged in correctly according to the socket and the line on the board.

The motherboard is getting power, but does not do anything, even memory
check at all. Is the ROM bad? How do I check on that?

Any help will be appreciated! 

Jialin(borrowing Mel's account)