On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 17:45 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: > On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 16:54 +0000, Kris Douglas wrote: > > > On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 4:42 PM, Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > > > I wondered if anyone has seen any reports of stability problems on the > > > > AMD Phenon 9600 CPU with Ubuntu 7.10? > > > > > > > > I've upgraded my PC this weekend to a Phenom 9600 running on an MSI > > > > motherboard with AMD chipset (it's an AM2+ motherboard with the > > standard > > > > AMD790FX chipset on it). I've had nothing but issues with it. > > > > > > > > I've reinstalled Ubuntu 7.10 a couple of times, tried 3 different > > video > > > > cards (ATI Radeon X300, NVidia GeForce 7200GS and a ATI All-In-Wonder > > > > X800GT) and nothing is completely stable. I keep getting random > > freezes > > > > (which I can't seem to replicate). > > > > > > > > I've checked the CPU temp and that is about 35 degrees and it has 4GB > > > > memory in there from my previous system which was working fine. > > > > > > > > So I'm a bit stumped. I've done a Google search and found something > > > > relating to the network card but it's a different card to what I have > > on > > > > the board. > > > > > > > > Just wondered if anyone had heard anything before I look at trying > > > > another distro (maybe Gentoo or SUSE). > > > > > > > > Rob > > > > > > > > > > > Interesting, can you tell me what chipset you have? "NForce ###" > > > > > > > It's an AMD 790FX chipset (the new AMD chipset for AM2+ CPU's). > > > > > > > I have had some problems with them. Also.. I would try a distro like > > > SuSE live, Knoppix... etc.. just to see if its stable. > > > > > > > > > Another thing you could check is your kernel logs, to see if something > > > happens at time of crash. > > > > > > > I'll have a look in the kernel logs. > When you do paste/ pastebin them here. =] > > > I'm also going to give Hardy Alpha > > 6 a try (can't be much worse!). > > Agreed. But some stuff is genuinely buggy. > > > > > Times like this I just feel like downgrading to Vista!!!* > > I get that sometimes, you wish it just works...
Oh yes. I tell you what, if my other half would let me just buy a PC to run MythTV on then I'd be able to avoid all this hassle (well apart from the Phenom issues). :( > > > Rob > > > > * Just to get dual head video working and SPDIF passthrough to my > > surround sound amp. > > *shrugs :) * I'm sure I'll be able to figure it out eventually. Rob -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
