As this is a message from the future, Aug 29, 2007 12:09 AM, I am hoping my response is still relevant ;-)
While it is possible that your kernel might have extension specfic instruction for the Athlon that aren't in the Sempron it is unlikely. (Ubuntu certainly has a unified kernel - not sure about Slackware). I hazard a guess that your problem might be due to a speed up in the CPU that is affecting memory access. Try booting a live cd that has memtest86+ on it and check that your memory is still working as it should. (Ubuntu livecds have this, or you can download a single-purpose ISO from http://www.memtest.org/) You might want to check that your BIOS memory settings aren't locked in to particular timings either. Regards, Martin On 8/29/07, Malcolm Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is there any reason that anybody can think of as to why I cannot install > an > AMD Sempron in place of an ageing (but otherwise satisfactory) AMD Athlon. > Could a change in the video card cause problems (kernel panic at that). > > All opinions, however hedged, or, for that matter, however bigotted, would > be > welcome. The Linux distribution I am running is Slackware 11, and there > were > no major problems installing that on the Athlon. > > In anticipation, thanks for what you can get around to contributing. > > Cheers, > Malcolm Johnston > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > -- Regards, Martin Martin Visser -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
