From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 14 02:15:26 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9999916A4FA for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 02:15:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxc1.crockettint.com (chameleon1.crockettint.com [206.224.72.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A39B043D5C for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 02:15:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from emartinez@crockettint.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.crockettint.com [127.0.0.1]) by mxc1.crockettint.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7C803413E; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:15:21 -0500 (CDT) Received: from mxc1.crockettint.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mxc1.crockettint.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 36755-05; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:15:18 -0500 (CDT) Received: from memnoch (cpe-67-9-176-31.austin.res.rr.com [67.9.176.31]) by mxc1.crockettint.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 256893412E; Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:15:18 -0500 (CDT) From: "Edgar Martinez" To: "'jason henson'" Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:15:19 -0500 Organization: Crockett International MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.6353 Thread-Index: AcVAhjPfoyRDlxNISIWUAN+JV5IzxAAEQFZQ In-Reply-To: <425DB747.40506@ec.rr.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 Message-Id: <20050414021518.256893412E@mxc1.crockettint.com> X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at crockettint.com cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install) X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: emartinez@crockettint.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 02:15:26 -0000 I think I have nailed it...somewhat... So I set it up so I could ssh to it from my office and try to mess with it...ran solid as a rock...I think got home tonight and checked my logs...nothing bad...so I THEN rebooted went into BIOS and enabled the cache...BAM...errors out every time...threw in ubuntu...craptastic...DISABLED the CACHE...everything smooth...sooo the question now is...MB or CPU?? The CPU is listed as DTR...OMFG WTF is DTR?? (acro-cursing intended..) Model: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ DTR Core: ClawHammer Operating Frequency: 1.8 GHz FSB: Integrated into Chip Cache: L1/64K+64K; L2/1MB Voltage: 1.5V Process: 0.13Micron Socket: Socket 754 Multimedia Instruction: MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3DNOW!, 3DNOW!+ Packaging: OEM(Processor Only) -----Original Message----- From: jason henson [mailto:jason@ec.rr.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 7:20 PM To: emartinez@crockettint.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD64 (former i386 convert)+ FreeBSD various issues in 5.3, 5.4 (pre+post install) Edgar Martinez wrote: >All, > > > >I cant begin to tell you how horrible of a time I have had trying to get >this system installed and running. Sysinstall kept throwing up a privilege >fault kernel error randomly (7sed...4m.7m..etc), and after I go fast enough >to get lucky to an install complete..the system then spends its time >periodically rebooting.this is the first venture into AMD64 turf as I >historically stick with i386.so any pointers.gotchas.tweaks or tips.. please >let me know..I really don't want to give up, so I want to see what can be >done to stabilize this. > > > >MSI K8T Neo > >AMD64 3000 w/1MB > > > > I was just reading the archives this week at freebsd.org and it leads me to believe msi make crap boards. They can not handle tough loads or lots of ram. I think it was in the amd64 list under a heading that mentioned 8gig of ram. There were several developers that just trashed there msi boards and all the rest of there hardware worked fine in a new board. You should look it up.