Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 21:21:56 -0500 (CDT) From: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org> To: Greg Work <Greg@fatcanary.com.au> Cc: Larry Rosenman <ler@lerctr.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 / 550 Message-ID: <200007020221.e622Lu110181@lerami.lerctr.org> In-Reply-To: <000c01bfe3cb$b95cdbc0$0200a8c0@gwork.org.au> "from Greg Work at Jul 2, 2000 11:47:51 am"
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I can't (the AMD K6-2 is back at the computer store), as I said, that computer now has an Intel P-III 600E in it :-). The tech's at IMS did say that AMD did admit to "some problem" with the K6-2's, so I'm not sure that an earlier FreeBSD will help... LER [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > hmm.... > > how easy is it to install an earlier 3.x ? (3.0-RELEASE --> 3.2-RELEASE) > it would be interesting to see if that fixes the problem > > unfortunately - i dont have any spare HD's to stick it on - or i would try > it > > i tell you what - this was *REALLY* getting me bugged - i thought i had > fried the CPU / MB somehow... > > G. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Larry Rosenman" <ler@lerctr.org> > To: "Greg Work" <Greg@fatcanary.com.au> > Cc: "Larry Rosenman" <ler@lerctr.org>; <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> > Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 11:19 AM > Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 / 550 > > > > Yup, you're hitting the same ones, and the reason this box > > is now Intel P-III 600E, Shuttle AV61 MB, 128MB ram (same stick > > I've been using). > > > > I think AMD has an issue in the K6-2 series. > > > > I give up. > > > > Larry > > [ Charset ISO-8859-1 unsupported, converting... ] > > > > > Hey ya Larry > > > > > > Just a quick question - *exactly* what was the symptoms of your problem? > > > > > > ive just turned a K6-2 300 into a BSD box, and make world fails with > SIG's > > > 10, 11 and 12 randomly. I know its not the memory - i have been > thrashing > > > that memory for 12 mths now - never skipped a beat. The CPU / > Motherboard / > > > Memory used to run BSD in the 2.2.8 - 3.2 days no problems. Now - no > luck > > > :( - i get random panics, SIG 10's to 12's and core dumps - > unfortunately - > > > i have no idea how to debug them :( > > > > > > > > > FYI - System specs > > > > > > AMD K6-2 300 MHz > > > Jetway 542-B Motherboard (AT) > > > 64 meg PC-100 > > > Intel i740 video card > > > 4.3 gig Maxtor HDD (IDE) > > > Generic NIC > > > > > > G. > > > > > > -------------------------------------- > > > Greg Work > > > Email: Greg@FatCanary.com.au > > > -------------------------------------- > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Larry Rosenman" <ler@lerctr.org> > > > To: <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> > > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 12:41 PM > > > Subject: AMD K6-2 / 550 > > > > > > > > > > Well, I'm back... > > > > Put the AMD K6-2/550 on a ATX board (Shuttle HOT-597), and the > 128MB > > > memory. > > > > > > > > This power supply supposedly has enough beef to run the K6. > > > > > > > > Still have a problem with make world. > > > > > > > > HOWEVER, here is the strange part, if I turn SOFTUPDATES on, we can > make > > > worlds all day long > > > > with out an error. > > > > > > > > Anyone got a good explanation for this? > > > > > > > > Also, the SCSI controller is a AHA-2940, with 1.11 firmware, if that > makes > > > a difference. > > > > > > > > Larry > > > > -- > > > > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > > > > Phone: +1 972-414-9812 (voice) Internet: ler@lerctr.org > > > > US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 > > > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler > > Phone: +1 972-414-9812 (voice) Internet: ler@lerctr.org > > US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > > > -- Larry Rosenman http://www.lerctr.org/~ler Phone: +1 972-414-9812 (voice) Internet: ler@lerctr.org US Mail: 1905 Steamboat Springs Drive, Garland, TX 75044-6749 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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