>
> It is either a hardware failure, or a latest gcc clash - and I lean
> towards the latter.
>
The descriptions of the crashes/hangs lead me to suspect the power supply.
Athlons (and now P4s) coupled with Nvidia cards draw huge instaneous currents
off the 3.3 V line. The typical power supply can't keep the voltage in
spec under such a load, or get very noisy when loaded.
For the typical Athlon, the +3.3V and +5V should be able to provide a
combined 150 W. That gives around 30A on the +5V and 14A on the +3.3V.
The label on the power supply should state what the current each voltage
provides and what the combined power rating is.
Recommended supplies would be ones like -
Antec TruePower350
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 275 ATX/ATX12V
PC Power & Cooling TurboCool 350 ATX
FWIW - Athlon 1.2 GHz MP, 512 MB memory, gcc 3.2.1-r6, -mcpu=athlon-xp,
-O3, kernel 2.4.19-xfs-r2, Pc Power & Cooling Silencer 400.
Bob
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