From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 26 00:33:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC04B1065678 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:33:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kono@kth.se) Received: from smtp-1.sys.kth.se (smtp-1.sys.kth.se [130.237.32.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 80B2C8FC20 for ; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:33:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kono@kth.se) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp-1.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id E89D31557E0; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:33:21 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at kth.se Received: from smtp-1.sys.kth.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp-1.sys.kth.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id D-I-iBd7W6+e; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:33:15 +0100 (CET) Received: from monster (76.58.227.87.static.ang.siw.siwnet.net [87.227.58.76]) by smtp-1.sys.kth.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 879C21549EF; Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:33:15 +0100 (CET) From: Alexander Konovalenko To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:32:51 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.10 References: <200811201450.37621@3667> <201BC021-2DAC-453B-B7F7-CC679CC1E764@anduin.net> In-Reply-To: <201BC021-2DAC-453B-B7F7-CC679CC1E764@anduin.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200811260132.52689@3667> Cc: Eirik =?iso-8859-1?q?=D8verby?= Subject: Re: 7.1 does not boot on GA-MA770-GS3 (rev. 2.0), but works fine on rev. 1.0? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: kono@kth.se List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:33:54 -0000 > On Nov 20, 2008, at 2:50 PM, Alexander Konovalenko wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have upgraded my hardware from Sempron 3400+ to Phenom X3 8480 on > > Gigabyte > > GA-MA770-GS3 (rev. 2.0). > > > > FreeBSD 7.1 (amd64) freezes during the boot. Suspecting not > > appropriate hw > > configuration for old motherboard I tried to boot from installation > > CD 7.1 > > but got the same result... Tried i386 CD but still no luck. However, > > FreeBSD > > 6.1 disc booted up successfully. > > > > Freezing occurs right after recognition of additional cores and, if > > verbose > > output is enabled, initialization of many IOAPIC devices (irqs?). I > > tried to > > disable in BIOS as many as possible onboard devices (lan, audio, > > serial¶llel ports, firewire...), disconnected cd and floppy > > drives but it > > did not help. > > > > Funny thing is that I have another computer with Phenom X4 on GA- > > MA770-GS3 > > (rev. 1.0) and FreeBSD 7.1 amd64 works like a clock there! Note, > > this is > > older version of the same board with lower hw revision. That was the > > main > > reason why I bought the same MB with a hope that everything will > > work... > > > > Has anybody experienced such problem? > > > > HW config: > > 2Gb RAM: Kingston DDR2 HyperX PC8500 1024MB CL5 running at 800 MHz > > HDD: Hitachi 250Gb SATA > > > > Well, might be that board is faulty, the BIOS update have not been > > released > > yet for GA-MA770-GS3 (rev. 2.0). But Windows works ok, though > > reports few > > unknown devices... > > > > > > I just checked differences between rev. 1.0 and 2.0: > > > > 1) system bus might be a bit faster for 2.0 (not sure) > > 2) two additional SATA channels > > 3) two additional USB 2.0 ports > > > > This is what I can see there: > > http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_ComparisonShee= t. > >aspx?ProductID=3D2874,2722 > > > > Any suggestion? > > > > regards, > > Alexander Konovalenko On Tuesday 25 November 2008, Eirik =D8verby wrote: > Hi, > > try booting a linux kernel (from cd) then warm-booting to freebsd cd/ > disk. > > /Eirik thanks Eirik for suggestion, unfortunately I cannot test warm-booting becau= se=20 I have sent this MB back to dealer already. However, some additional info: when FreeBSD 7.1 (either i386 or amd64) hangs on boot and if I wait long=20 enough I get following messages: =2E.. ioapic0: Assigning ISA IRQ 1 to local APIC 0 ioapic0: Assigning ISA IRQ 4 to local APIC 1 ioapic0: Assigning ISA IRQ 9 to local APIC 2 ioapic0: Assigning ISA IRQ 14 to local APIC 0 spin lock 0xffffffff80ac25c0 (sched lock 0) held by 0xffffff0002100370 (tid= =20 100004) too long panic: spin lock held too long cpuid=3D2 uptime 13 s Cannot dump. No dump device defined Not much helpful to me, but hopefully will help somebody to skip purchasing= =20 this mobo... at least until first BIOS update will be released... /Alexander Konovalenko +46-8-5537-8143 (office) +46-7-3752-2116 http://daemon.nanophys.kth.se/~kono Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) Nanostructure Physics Department, Albanova Roslagstullsbacken 21 10691 Stockholm Sweden