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From: daly@ecs.umass.edu (Bryon Daly, ECE dept, UMass, Amherst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: i486 burst mode on Micronics MB?
Message-ID: <12328.27af2b88@ecs.umass.edu>
Date: 5 Feb 91 22:02:48 GMT
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Hello everyone,

Does anyone out there know if the Micronics 486/25 motherboard takes advantage
of the 486 burst mode?  I am upgrading my 386/33 to 486/25 at Gateway (if you
work it out, the 486/25 is MUCH more cost effective), but the Gateway people
can't seem to give me a straight answer to this question.  Or the question of
how much memory I can put on the board.  Do any of you have any answers?

The Gateway tech support has fallen apart the past few weeks...it's very hard
to get through, and the tech support people don't seem as knowledgeable as the
ones I have talked to previously (new staff?).  Neither tech rep knew what
the 486 burst mode was.  After I explained, one said that I needed an EISA
board for that (she must have been thinking of the EISA bus burst mode).  The 
tech rep I asked about how expandable the memory was said 4MB max.  (The system
I ordered has 8MB on board).

It seems that Gateway's burst of popularity, coupled with dirt cheap prices,
has placed strain on their previously-good tech support.

Well, if anyone can answer my questions, I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
Bryon Daly
daly@ecs.umass.edu