From owner-freebsd-stable Tue Jan 15 11:52: 9 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (msgbas1x.cos.agilent.com [192.25.240.36]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D611D37B402 for ; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:52:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from msgrel1.cos.agilent.com (msgrel1.cos.agilent.com [130.29.152.77]) by msgbas1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 568FB2D23; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:52:06 -0700 (MST) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (mina.soco.agilent.com [141.121.54.157]) by msgrel1.cos.agilent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDDA0108; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 12:52:05 -0700 (MST) Received: from mina.soco.agilent.com (darrylo@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mina.soco.agilent.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_22672)/8.9.3 SMKit7.1.1_Agilent) with ESMTP id LAA02454; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:52:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200201151952.LAA02454@mina.soco.agilent.com> To: Brady Montz Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VIA crahes - solved (it seems)! Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Jan 2002 15:14:57 PST." <200201152314.g0FNEvn29022@mail.hydrologue.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 1.7) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 11:52:04 -0800 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Brady Montz wrote: > I've tested the RAM with the various ram testing software out there > (memtest86 being my favorite). What can I use to test the CPU or > motherboard? Note that software test programs like memtest86 will only catch gross memory errors. To catch the really nasty, intermittent ones, you need a specialized hardware RAM tester, which is probably not an option here. Also, I've looked over your postings for the past month, and I can't tell if you've tried the obvious: do you have a known good power supply? Some motherboards need really clean power, and AMD chips are power hogs. Borderline power supplies can easily cause the symptoms you're seeing. -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@soco.agilent.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Agilent Technologies, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message