From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 17 19:28:16 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8339841A for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:28:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-x230.google.com (mail-wi0-x230.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:400c:c05::230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0F09318DC for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:28:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f176.google.com with SMTP id r20so3393989wiv.9 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:28:14 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=JCEG5StIR537olaI7qge0lHp2Cj5Yyj+8TfnGtHhlyI=; b=wCH61xVDYlwEO4YKNW0aRMeTfwl5IUp1gf7K2rLPXhRb/IZ3LJb9xwNZm8z9Qi8C5f 2J4Ta/CGTh3416UCeH0b/khmoACQwi5NFrgm1s+H0fnx94xB6JL8lqdT68Wz1KhSulHv HL9p6hl+EmmtVVmi0/mkyat5k/9TbAORfUs8yHYSUFjhbBafZTaGdqo0OREDUvw/YJ9M 2GYFVf50wBzE/n7aP1aqTQf8VSHz71BrjmdxuSJy9dRWygQsRzIBZD3APJNpolOYI9Qm YsAX1rx2HAm/7xYmbY9fwKvGK0W5y2ySLhSvRk3kW21ITkYA9yASquPw2v3DyCCBiv8B Wj2w== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.194.1.242 with SMTP id 18mr13612311wjp.22.1397762894282; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:28:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.227.253.133 with HTTP; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:28:14 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <53466486.9918.72C830@g8kbvdave.gmail.com> References: <53466486.9918.72C830@g8kbvdave.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 12:28:14 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: USB keyboard in FreeBSD 10 amd64 installer From: Joshua Lokken To: Dave B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.17 Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 19:28:16 -0000 Thanks for all the suggestions, guys! I ended up getting it to boot from USB, wireless keyboard worked great, install went off without a hitch, and I'm [very] happily rid of my last Winbox :) I have a feeling that the combination of: 1) a very old, power hungry nVidia GPU 2) a very inexpensive PSU 3) my consistent bad luck with optical drives were causing my issues with this machine. GoldMem found no issues with the 8GB of Corsair after a couple of hundred passes. Thanks again. Joshua On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 2:29 AM, Dave B wrote: > Subject: Re: USB keyboard in FreeBSD 10 amd64 installer > > > On Tue, Apr 8, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Christian Campbell > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > One more point to check may be memory chips . > > > > I have encountered such a case : > > > > > > In a computer Windows XP was running successfully . > > When I tried a FreeBSD or Linux , no one of them worked properly ( > > they were crashing unexpectedly ) . My opinion was that there were > > incompatibilities between FreeBSD or Linux and its mainboard which was > > a correct expectation . > > > > Later on , even Windows XP started to crash . > > > > The reason was a progressive memory chip defect . > > > > Different operating systems may use different memory parts . One of > > them may fail but others may work . > > > > In such cases verifying correct functioning of memory chips may be > > useful . > > > > Even other computer parts may cause such problems because of order of > > using parts or not using all of the parts or using different parts . > > > > > > > > Thank you very much . > > > > Mehmet Erol Sanliturk > > > > > > Yep!... Seen that sort of thing too. > > In my case, another XP box that had got stuck trying to do one particular > update (I forget what it was for.) > > Long story short, after trying all the usual stuff, I eventualy booted a > Memtest86 CD. > > After a long time (not the quickest PC, and it had at that time 384Meg of > RAM, > not much even for XP) it failed on one sticky bit, right at the top of > memory, but > only with the very last (most complex) test!... > > I isolated which memory stick was the issue by removing one and retesting, > then swapping and testing again. > > On talking with the owner, they accepted my suggestion to max out the RAM > anyway as it would be cheaper at that time, than trying to replace a single > 256Meg stick. 1G of new ram later, it ran like a new machine! > (And the suspect update applied itself with no error.) > > > In your USB keyboard case, I'm not saying that memory issues will be the > cause, just agreeing that it could be a posible cause. > > (I didn't know however, that the 64 bit versions of FBSD install disks, > startup in > 32 bit mode, that needs documenting somewhere, or on screen as you begin > the process.) > > Memtest86 will boot and run on just about anything with an Intel or AMD > CPU, > 32 or 64 bit. Well worth having a copy in your toolkit. > http://www.memtest.org/ > > It can often be found on some Linux distro install CD's too, as an option > to test > the system before kicking off the main install, or booting to a live > version of the > OS. > > The only downside, on a large ram system, even with a slick CPU, it can > still > take "An age" to complete. That's the nature of real diagnositcs though. > > No affiliation, just another happy user. > > Regards to All. > > Dave B. > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >