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Why won SQL Server 7.0 install on a computer that has a Cyrix chip installed?

April 26, 2017chip Computer cyrix install installed SQL Server

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Why won SQL Server 7.0 install on a computer that has a Cyrix chip installed?

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A. Older versions of Cyrix chips to not support the complete Pentium instruction set. SQL Server 7.0 makes use of some of these instructions so the Setup program detects and refuses to install on those older chips.