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Date:      Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:48:30 +0200
From:      Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
Cc:        Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Instant crash with FreeBSD 6.1-RC and 4GB RAM
Message-ID:  <20060412204829.GB38383@aoi.wolfpond.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060412194702.GA26548@xor.obsecurity.org>
References:  <20060412194306.GA38383@aoi.wolfpond.org> <20060412194702.GA26548@xor.obsecurity.org>

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On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 03:47:02PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:43:06PM +0200, Francois Tigeot wrote:
> > 
> > I just tried booting a FreeBSD-6.1-RC1/amd64 CD in a machine with an
> > Athlon-64 X2 4400+ and 4GB of memory.
> > 
> > The mainboard is an Asus A8V-E-SE.
> > 
> > The kernel displays its copyright and then crashes almost instantly. The
> > screen is filled with the letter 'k' and the machine reboots soon after
> > that.

[...]

> > If the memory is limited to 3GB in the BIOS, FreeBSD boots as expected.
> > 
> > I would appreciate if someone could share some insight about this problem.
> 
> Replace the broken 1GB memory stick? :-)

Well, with the same sticks, the same CD boots correctly in an
Opteron/Supermicro H8SSL-i machine

Silly me, I thought it could have been a software bug, when it was in
fact a hardware one...

Any recommandation for a known working socket 939 mainboard with PCI-E
graphics ?

-- 
Francois Tigeot



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