Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Feb 2003 13:49:11 +0100 | From | Erik Mouw <> | Subject | Re: Defect (Bug) Report |
| |
On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 09:42:41AM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > > Any other suggestions, or recommendations to get more info? > > Three starting points > > 1. Run memtest86 on the box for a bit. I don't think its bad RAM however > 2. Plug in a PS/2 mouse if the box doesn't have one already. That avoids > a hardware flaw on the AMD that we don't current work around in software > 3. Check if 2.4.20 behaves the same way. I think it may fix your short > pauses but I don't think its going to fix the hang alas. It would be > useful to know however
What's the current wisdom with dual Athlon boards to get them stable? This is my list so far (for Asus A7M266-D):
- Plug in a PS/2 mouse even though you don't use it. It fixes certain hardware problems. - Select "PnP OS = no" in the BIOS so all PCI devices (even the ones behind the PCI-PCI bridge) get properly initialised. - Boot Linux with "noapic" to avoid random hangs.
Exact BIOS revision doesn't seem to matter. Any more suggestions?
Erik
-- J.A.K. (Erik) Mouw Email: J.A.K.Mouw@its.tudelft.nl mouw@nl.linux.org WWW: http://www-ict.its.tudelft.nl/~erik/ [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |