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Date:      Wed, 20 Sep 2000 20:38:25 +0200
From:      Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.demon.nl>
To:        Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
Cc:        BSD <bsd@shell-server.com>, bugs@freebsd.org, stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Constant panics on 4.1-STABLE!
Message-ID:  <20000920203825.B425@freebie.demon.nl>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009201050370.12282-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>; from cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us on Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 11:00:59AM -0500
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10009181841480.65514-100000@marvin.shell-server.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009201050370.12282-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>

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On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 11:00:59AM -0500, Chris Dillon wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, BSD wrote:
> 
> > 	I'm running 4.1-STABLE on a 700MHz Athlon with a 300W power supply
> > (only recently did I learn that 250W wasn't enough), a single Maxtor
> > 40.9GB hard drive (UDMA/66, 7200RPM), an Abit KA7 motherboard, with
> > normally 768MBs of PC133 RAM (non-ECC).  An fxp0 device, and a generic PCI
> > video card.  pci0: <Trident model 9660 VGA-compatible display device> at
> > 13.0 irq 10.  There's a floppy drive, and a 2-fan hard drive cooling unit
> > that mounts in the front of 5.25" slot which houses the maxtor via
> > mounting brackets.
> > 
> > 	Even though 300W is considered the "minimum" by some for Athlon
> > supplies, I think my minimal hardware should make it a stable option.
> > 
> > 	The multiple panics were in the following sequence:
> > 
> > 	1) Server is booted with all DIMMs, on a BP6.  PANIC.
> 
> The BP6 is a pretty solid 440BX based board, so I doubt that is the
> culprit.  FreeBSD has no problems with this board or the PIII
> you're using on it.  It's the memory.
> 
> > 	2) Server is booted with all DIMMS, on a KA7.  PANIC.
> 
> The KA7 is a VIA KX133 based board.  I have never found VIA chipsets
> to be reliable.  However, it is probably the memory which is at fault.

For the record: KA7 is rock stable here with 4.1-stable and 128Mb of ECC
RAM.

-- 
Wilko Bulte  	 					wilko@freebsd.org
							Arnhem, the Netherlands


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