The BIOS is new. It is the to-be-released version from Soyo. They said it
had been extensively tested on PIII, so I suppose it works with PIII. I
disabled all the PM related options and all the other potential problematic
options as stated in the smp FAQ. I only have one processor BTW. It still
locks up, sometimes when I was typing. It doesn't seem to be a PM related
problem. I also replace the old 250W PS with a 300W PS and it doesn't help.
I checked the voltages and they seem to be normal. And the system actually
doesn't seem to lock up when heavily loaded. I don't know if it is still
possible to be a PS problem. One bad thing is that Soyo told me that thr AGP
slot, on-board SCSI(AIC-7880) and the 4th PCI slot is hard-wired so there's
no way to give different irq's to them. But when I use PII 350, it just
works fine. And if it's irq sharing problem, it shouldn't be PIII specific.
But after I shuffled the cards, the system does seem to run a little more
stable than before. Now it may work for a few hours before freezing. It
still freezes all the time however. I'm completely without a clue now.
>From: MONZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: linux-smp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: Problem with Soyo D6IBA and PIII
>Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 23:41:23 +0200
>
>Xiao Yang wrote:
> >
> > I'm having the strange problem with Soyo D6IBA board and PIII processor.
> > I had a PII 350 on this board before and it had been working perfectly
> > with Linux for over a year. After I substituted a PIII 550 in there, the
> > system just keeps locking up...
>
>Could be a BIOS problem. It has been seen before on boards produced
>before the PIII came out that the BIOS didn't work flawlessly with
>PIII's.
>Try checking with www.soyo.tw .
>
>You do not write 'PIII processors' (plural). Is the board fitted with
>just one? If you're using two, are they the same stepping?
>
>Hmm, does Linux completely take over, not using the BIOS at all?
>If the Soyo BIOS is broken, Linux does falls back on the BIOS, right?
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