Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 09:26:18 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Rob <rfleming@cc.weber.edu> Cc: Sam Pigg <sam@redbacknetworks.com>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tyan S1836DLUAN >512Mb problems Message-ID: <199811231726.JAA19129@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 23 Nov 1998 07:45:56 MST." <36597523.1B3B1114@cc.weber.edu>
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> > > > Trying to use 1 gig of memory on a tyan S1836DLUAN (dual 450 PII's) > > running 3.0-RELEASE, keep having problems with the system freezing up, > > rebooting, compiles failing due to signal 11's etc. If I decrease the > > memory to 512 megs (I'm using those weird micron 256meg simms btw) > > everything works fine. Tyan claims this motherboard can support up to > > '1GB SPD SDRAM or SDRAM+ECC in addition to the new 100MHz > > SDRAMs' > > > > This motherboard uses the 440GX chipset, but another system with > > a tyan S1832DL (440BX chipset) suffers from the same symptoms when > > >512 megs of ram are installed. > > The problem is not with the motherboard. Most of the mother boards that > support SMP PII's have the same problem. Just a quick point; if you're using an SMP board with only one CPU, make sure that you've got the terminator card in the empty slot... -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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