From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Mar 19 15:55:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA02512 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 15:55:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA02498 for ; Wed, 19 Mar 1997 15:55:25 -0800 (PST) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id KAA28993; Thu, 20 Mar 1997 10:24:27 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199703192354.KAA28993@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Anybody using Tyan S1672 (Tacoma) motherboard with parity RAM? In-Reply-To: <19130.858810368@verdi.nethelp.no> from "sthaug@nethelp.no" at "Mar 19, 97 11:26:08 pm" To: sthaug@nethelp.no Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 10:24:26 +1030 (CST) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk sthaug@nethelp.no stands accused of saying: > Is anybody using the Tyan S1672 (Tacoma) motherboard with parity RAM > with FreeBSD? No, but I've seen some oddities with another HX board. > We have a couple of these here, and they work fine as long as we only > configure normal parity checking in the BIOS. As soon as we turn on > ECC, we start getting mysterious crashes etc. We'd like to hear about > other experiences with this board. Thanks in advance! With the Tekram P5H30 board, using an Award BIOS, there are several different parity/ECC settings. At least one of these results in the board bombing out with an ECC error long before anything resembling an OS is loaded. > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[