On Tue, 2 May 2006 10:42 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > this is a trawl for info please: > > Has anybody got an AMD84 running smoothly and reliably? > > I've got an x2/3800 on an ASUS A8V MB. I've tried with SuSE10, SuSE10.1 > (RCs), FC5, Ubuntu. All have some problems, sometime > eg > on board AC97 sound not seen (recognised, configurable) > use a sound card, then the module get unloaded (!) reload > modprobe snd_ens1371 > works for a bit. > ethernet card stops ethernetting. ifconfig looks good, but acts as if the > cable is out. POWERDOWN and all is OK again > System freezes. No keyboard, no mouse, no network, sound loops on what was > playing eg leeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Yep - I've got an AMD64 (3000+) based machine with an Asus K8VSE Deluxe. Had
a few problems with Ubuntu Hoary, none with SuSE 9.1Pro, and no significant
problems with Ubuntu Breezy.
Sound driver occasionally barfs (trying to dereference a NULL pointer which
causes a driver reset AFAICT) which caused artsd to fall over. So I ditched
artsd and run everything through ALSA. No problems since.
Ethernet is fine at 100Mbps FDX, but I've heard the Marvell onboard Ethernet
on th Asus K8V boards, is a bit flaky when trying to drive it at gigabit
speeds. No proof though, I've only got a 100Mbps switch :-/ Not sure if the
A8V has the same Ethernet card though.
Had a weird problem with DMA a while ago because Ubuntu loaded the generic IDE
driver from the initrd and then the chipset driver wouldn't load later in the
boot sequence (meaning I couldn't turn on DMA). This lead to all manner of
ugliness and even some sound and network problems (lag, drop outs, stuttered
music playback etc). Fixed it by recreating the initrd with the correct
chipset driver loading first, then the generic after that. Voila.
Let me know if you need any specifics :)
Cheers,
James (the other one)
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