From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Apr 5 13:13:42 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-10.mail.demon.net (finch-post-10.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF55537B6A3; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 13:13:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from n_hibma@calcaphon.com) Received: from calcaphon.demon.co.uk ([193.237.19.5] helo=bluebottle.qubesoft.com) by finch-post-10.mail.demon.net with esmtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 12cwB4-0007Ip-0A; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 20:13:27 +0000 Received: from henny.qubesoft.com (henny.qubesoft.com [192.168.1.5]) by bluebottle.qubesoft.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) with ESMTP id VAA21707; Wed, 5 Apr 2000 21:16:02 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from n_hibma@calcaphon.com) Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 21:10:26 +0100 (BST) From: Nick Hibma X-Sender: n_hibma@localhost Reply-To: Nick Hibma To: Mike Bush Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: fatal 3D-Now? In-Reply-To: <001901bf9f36$09ce2b20$0200000a@rvi.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Did you put an extra cooling fan on the bridge chip, the one with the heatsink on it? That solved the occasional hang for me. Nick On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Mike Bush wrote: > CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (501.14-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x58c Stepping = 12 > Features=0x8021bf > AMD Features=0x80000800 > RAM: SDRAM 64MB > DRIVE: 1 6GB SCSI > > Ok, I've replaced my CPU and ram. Same error, I get "program cc1 got fatal > signal 4" when I try to compile something large.. like say, buildworld or a > new kernel. I've been told this means its a hardware problem, which is why I > replaced my CPU/RAM. Anywho, if I turn off internal caching in the BIOS the > system boots fine and I can compile without problems.. even though it takes > about 6 hours longer to buildworld. I've talked to other people who have AMD > 3D-Now's and it seems they have the same problem in linux. Odd. Is there a > bug in those AMD's? Is there no 'good' workaround? Is the kernel reading the > size of the cache wrong or what? Any info would be helpful. > > thanks > Mike > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > -- n_hibma@webweaving.org n_hibma@freebsd.org USB project http://www.etla.net/~n_hibma/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message