Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:21:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:21:32 -0500 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust42.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.42]:3246 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 09:21:31 -0500 Subject: Re: Dual athlon XP 1800 problems From: Alan Cox To: David Crooke Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <3DD4CD06.2010009@convio.com> References: <3DD4CD06.2010009@convio.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 15 Nov 2002 14:54:48 +0000 Message-Id: <1037372088.19971.11.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1019 Lines: 21 On Fri, 2002-11-15 at 10:31, David Crooke wrote: > 1. When I first put it together, it would consistenly run OK for a > period of 4-5 minutes, quite precisely - no less than 4, no more than 5 > and then just lock up HARD - no Ctrl-Alt-Del, no kernel panics, nothing. Turn off ACPI and APM in the bios as a starter. > 3. Tried some BIOS settings (e.g. SMP 1.1 mode) - it DOES NOT like this; > any BIOS changes AT ALL (even seemingly harmless ones like Num Lock) > appear to mess it up totally, and LILO hangs at "LI" when trying to > start. Restored factory defaults. Make sure you have a current BIOS on dual athlon boxes, the earlier bioses were not terribly good on the whole. Make sure you have a PS/2 mouse in the mouse port even if you aren;t going to use it - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/