Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 12:09:17 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: ttsai@pobox.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 512K L2 cache problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961227120902.2459B-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199612271113.FAA22611@edison.ebicom.net>
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On Fri, 27 Dec 1996, Tim Tsai wrote: > Is anybody running an Asus motherboard (specifically one with 430HX > chipset) with 512K of L2 cache? I recently ordered 6 of these > motherboards with 256K built-in and an additional 256K on a module and > every one will crash FreeBSD 2.1.6 with the 256K module attached. It > doesn't seem to have that problem with Windows 95 but I took the module > out anyway, just to be safe. The following scenarios will crash it > everytime: > > 512K Cache, MB set to use 512K Cache, BIOS Cache enabled > 512K Cache, MB set to use 256K Cache, BIOS Cache enabled How does it crash? It's possible Asus got a batch of bad modules. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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