From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Nov 23 08:45:36 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA04182 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:45:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from omahpop1.omah.uswest.net (omahpop1.omah.uswest.net [204.26.64.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA04175 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 08:45:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from opsys@open-systems.net) Received: (qmail 16672 invoked by alias); 23 Nov 1998 16:44:56 -0000 Delivered-To: fixup-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG@fixme Received: (qmail 16630 invoked by uid 0); 23 Nov 1998 16:44:54 -0000 Received: from dialupd157.ne.uswest.net (HELO pinkfloyd.open-systems.net) (209.180.98.157) by omahpop1.omah.uswest.net with SMTP; 23 Nov 1998 16:44:54 -0000 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 10:44:55 -0600 (CST) From: "Open Systems Inc." To: Rob cc: Sam Pigg , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tyan S1836DLUAN >512Mb problems In-Reply-To: <36597523.1B3B1114@cc.weber.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Rob wrote: > > This motherboard uses the 440GX chipset, but another system with > > a tyan S1832DL (440BX chipset) suffers from the same symptoms when > > >512 megs of ram are installed. > > The problem is not with the motherboard. Most of the mother boards that > support SMP PII's have the same problem. I was unable to locate where in > the configs the problem comes from though. I was testing dual PII 400 > when they were first avalible from Compaq with 1.0 gig of 256meg dimms. > They are recognized fine by the bios but FreeBSD won't work with it. I > tested NT, Novell, and Sco all of which work although no where near as > well and the system with 512meg and SMP FreeBSD. Erm wasnt there a problem with the PII's with caching a gig of ram or something? Perhaps this is the problem? Chris "If you aim the gun at your foot and pull the trigger, it's UNIX's job to ensure reliable delivery of the bullet to where you aimed the gun (in this case, Mr. Foot)." -- Terry Lambert, FreeBSD-Hackers mailing list. ===================================| Open Systems FreeBSD Consulting. FreeBSD 2.2.7 is available now! | Phone: 402-573-9124 -----------------------------------| 3335 N. 103 Plaza #14, Omaha, NE 68134 FreeBSD: The power to serve! | E-Mail: opsys@open-systems.net http://www.freebsd.org | Consulting, Network Engineering, Security ===================================| http://open-systems.net -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.6.2 mQENAzPemUsAAAEH/06iF0BU8pMtdLJrxp/lLk3vg9QJCHajsd25gYtR8X1Px1Te gWU0C4EwMh4seDIgK9bzFmjjlZOEgS9zEgia28xDgeluQjuuMyUFJ58MzRlC2ONC foYIZsFyIqdjEOCBdfhH5bmgB5/+L5bjDK6lNdqD8OAhtC4Xnc1UxAKq3oUgVD/Z d5UJXU2xm+f08WwGZIUcbGcaonRC/6Z/5o8YpLVBpcFeLtKW5WwGhEMxl9WDZ3Kb NZH6bx15WiB2Q/gZQib3ZXhe1xEgRP+p6BnvF364I/To9kMduHpJKU97PH3dU7Mv CXk2NG3rtOgLTEwLyvtBPqLnbx35E0JnZc0k5YkABRO0JU9wZW4gU3lzdGVtcyA8 b3BzeXNAb3Blbi1zeXN0ZW1zLm5ldD4= =BBjp -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message