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From: mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Could math chip cost damage to the motherboard?
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Date: 29 Nov 90 18:03:40 GMT
References: <1990Nov29.034848.7527@athena.cs.uga.edu>
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In article <1990Nov29.034848.7527@athena.cs.uga.edu> mel@athena.cs.uga.edu ( Melvin S. Fuller) writes:
>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.

There is usually an associated jumper on the motherboard, near the *87 socket,
which must be moved on installation of a math chip.  This may be your problem.

Then again..
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