On Thu, 2005-12-29 at 18:14 +0530, Philip Tellis wrote: > If you need to run the above two pieces of hardware together, and notice > frequent disk lockups, consider reading this: > http://bluesmoon.blogspot.com/2005/12/using-samsung-sp0802n-and-asus-k8v-mx.html >
I actually have a very similar problem - ever since I got my Geforce FX5200 card. HDD is Samsung 40GB @ 5200rpm(fairly low-end by any measure). CPU Celeron 2.4GHz(18x133) on VIA-based Asrock mobo. For the record - BIOS version is already the latest released by the manufacturer. But it always locks up on heavy disk activity. Problem can be cured by disabling DMA - if you can live with that!!! Experts on the Nvidia forum actually told me that my 350-Watt SMPS was apparently not able to supply enough power to sustain the system and I need a bigger power supply. Don't have the dough to spend on power supply right now - so I *under-clocked* the CPU from 2.4GHz to 2.2GHz by pulling the FSB from 133 to 122 MHz - system is stable atleast for the last 3 months. Moral: Too damn many ways to skin a cat ;-) farazs. -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
