Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 15:28:20 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> To: Aggelidis Nikos <aggelidis.news@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: weird restarts when compiling Message-ID: <4879F4E4.7030305@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <30fc78250807130509i3870d191p340913740598313e@mail.gmail.com> References: <30fc78250807122309r21ea625dn58c93ac7d1f3c345@mail.gmail.com> <20080713025108.3839d97e@bhuda.mired.org> <30fc78250807130104p3d1447behc40cf71c4b817d4@mail.gmail.com> <4879E657.7040505@onetel.com> <30fc78250807130438l621b70cdl9ee4f0102966061d@mail.gmail.com> <4879EF4C.6080105@gmail.com> <30fc78250807130509i3870d191p340913740598313e@mail.gmail.com>
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Aggelidis Nikos wrote: >> Not really. All modern CPUs have BIST (built-in self tests) that run even >> before the BIOS starts, and it would be really rare to actually have a >> "working" system with a faulty CPU. Errors in mprime usually indicate some >> other problem, such as bad memory, bad BIOS settings, overheating or an >> incompatibility of CPU/motherboard etc. >> Going back to what you said previously, you got an Nvidia 5200 graphics >> card? Were these ever produced for PCI express or are you using a) a normal >> PCI one or b)You got one of these weird mobos that have both AGP and PCI >> express? As I understand there are no AGP-only motherboards for core2duo. >> > Yes i have a weird mobo that has both AGP and PCI. The nvidia is an AGP one. > The mobo wasn't my choise :( but when the changed the false cpu with a > dual core they didn't want to > change the graphics card as well. > > Can this mobo create problems? > > It is possible, having both an AGP and PCI express on the same board is a hack, and not even all AGP cards are compatible with these mobos. It would be better to test it with a PCI express graphics card, if you can grab one. I'd be happy to lend you one for testing, but I guess we are not in the same town ;) (Chania here...)
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