On Tuesday September 9 2003 09:50 am, Jure Repinc wrote:
> John Allen wrote:
> > Do you have an AMD CPU??
>
> Yup, AMD Athlon Thunderbird 1200 MHz on Abit KT7A-RAID.
>
> > If so try adding mem=nopentium to your lilo append
>
> Hm what exactly does this do? I never had this problem before and
> in Windows it also never does this. Is it something new in
> Mandrake 9.2?
I've experienced this problem too. Screen goes black, the monitor
acts like it's off. I believe it's hardware related. A few weeks
ago I re-built my system, XP 3000+ overclocked on a Aopen
AK77-440/Max. It'll run at 2.4+ ghz (2.166 is default) except when
usin X. Then anything over 2.333, various combos of multiplier'n
FSB, no matter the over voltage, will cause X to act like the
screen has suspended every once in a while. Usually under high
load.
A reboot isn't required, after a while pressing <Ctrl>, even
<Ctrl+Alt+BSpace> will bring up a password dialog box. Enter
<user_password> an the X screen comes right back.
I tried 'mem=nopentium' in lilo, with no positive effect. At 2.4 Ghz
it'll run memtest86 overnite with -0- errors, or mprime-17 for
hours without fault. Just not X.
My solution, don't clock much over 2.3Ghz. I suspect John's
symptom is hardware related too. Probly an under voltaged video
card, or too much heat. At least that's what I reckon my deal is
when I push nVidia junk too far.
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Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas
