There's been many reports of problems with the Abit BP6 on
alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.abit . Maybe you can find the answer there.
Min works just fine, except the sound card won't work in Win95 but that doesn't
bother me much. ;-)
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Trevor Phillips wrote:
> Ok, a while ago I emailed about a problem with an SMP system crashing
> under Linux. It was suggested that the problem was a memory leak in the
> 2.2.11 kernel. Well, now I've patched 2.2.11, and now completely
> reinstalled (the kernel) using 2.2.12, and I'm STILL getting the
> problem! What's more, for the first time, it crashed within a few hours
> of powering up, so it looks like it doesn't happen "after a day or two",
> but just "randomly, every few days".
>
> So, any OTHER ideas?? Bung CPU? Peripheral clash? Other libraries
> causing instability?
>
> I've included below my original description of the problem, which is
> still apt, although the NumLock as described, it doesn't seem to freeze
> TOTALLY now, but still goes very unresponsive...
>
> Trevor Phillips wrote:
> >
> > Hi! I upgraded my PC at work to a Dual Celeron system on the day kernel 2.2.11
> > was released, and so I compiled it up with SMP support. Everything is fine
> > most of the time, but the system crashes once every day or two. The crashes
> > seem to be more of a grind to a halt, than a sudden freeze, although the
> > grinding IS rapid. First sign is the mouse freezes, then I usually toggle Num
> > Lock, and slowly the responsiveness of NumLock stops altogether, and I have to
> > hard-reset.
> >
> > The Machine:
> > ABit BP6 MB
> > Dual Celeron 400 (NOT Overclocked)
> > Matrox G400 16MB Video
> > Adaptec AHA294X SCSI
> > Digital DV21041 Tulip (D-Link Card) Network
> > SoundBlaster AWE64
> > 128MB RAM
> >
> > The OS:
> > Kernel 2.2.11 (no additional patches) configured as per SMP instructions
> > (RTC, etc...)
> > Booted via Loadlin with mem=127M
> > Debian 2.1 (Slink), with parts of Potato (libc6.1, etc...)
> > XServer XFree86 SVGA 3.3.4 (installed Binary in place of 3.3.3.1 one)
> >
> > Any ideas?? I *have* been load-testing this machine; I've been running two
> > SETI@Home's on it almost constantly, mainly to stress-test the machine, so
> > it's almost always running at 100(200)%. I dual-boot into Win98, and I haven't
> > had any problems under Win98 (other than usual Micro$oft problems), although
> > admittedly I spend 99% of my time under Linux...
> >
> > I *really* hate this sort of problem; occurs rarely, and no easy explanation.
> > Being new the the Wide World of SMP, I'm not sure if this is an SMP
> > instability or not. And if it IS, is it system, or kernel related??
>
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