Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:01:52 -1000 From: NetOpsCenter <noc@hdk5.net> To: At Home <athome@dreamchaser.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.2 and Asus A7N8X-E Message-ID: <476ABC20.4060701@hdk5.net> In-Reply-To: <20071220183533.GA13897@owl.midgard.homeip.net> References: <476A9FD0.4060607@dreamchaser.org> <20071220183533.GA13897@owl.midgard.homeip.net>
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Erik Trulsson wrote: > On Thu, Dec 20, 2007 at 10:01:04AM -0700, At Home wrote: > >> I've got an extra Asus A7N8X-E mobo I'm trying to bring 6.2 up on. >> AMD 3200+, Barton >> 2G PC-3200 rom, 1G OCZ and 1G Kingston valueram >> Seagate ES ST3250820NS Sata drives jumpered for 1.5GB only >> NVidia FX5600 AGP display adapter >> >> I checked the archives and found comments about disabling ACPI, which I've >> done, but it still hangs at various points in the process of loading up the >> disk. >> >> I've tried turning off the on-board SATA controller and using an Adaptec >> SATA controller with no improvement. I've also tried slowing the clock and >> a few other de-optimizations, to no avail. >> >> Is this basically a bad idea, or is there some piece of the puzzle I'm >> missing? Any help would be much appreciated. >> >> > > Checking the specifications of that motherboard, there is nothing obvious > that should prevent it from working with FreeBSD. > > > If the process stops at different places each time, then it sounds like > bad hardware. > The kind of hardware problems that most often give "strange" errors are: > a) Bad RAM. Check your memory with memtest86 (or equivalent.) Try removing > one of the memory sticks at a time. > b) Bad power supply. Try another if you have one. > c) Overheating of some component. Make sure you have adequate cooling of > the system. > > > You could also try updating the BIOS, in case some bugs have been fixed in a > later version. Problems with ACPI are almost always due to bugs in the BIOS. > > > > > Aloha Gary, I agree with the hardware diagnosis. I have an ASUS A8N-VM CSM mobo running FreeBSD 7.* Dual AMD CPU There are still unreliable on board hardware issues with my board so it is only used for receiving email and as a desktop. No on line work that matters. It did not like FreeBSD 6.1 when I tried to load it as the OS. So I tried 7 and it at least worked. This may work for you. I just loaded FreeBSD 8.* onto a Winfast mobo to try out on a box I made and it was smooth going. The developers have come a long way with aFreeBSD since I started using 3.* many years ago. ~Al Plant - Honolulu, Hawaii - Phone: 808-284-2740 + http://hawaiidakine.com + http://freebsdinfo.org + noc@hdk5.net + + http://aloha50.net - Supporting - FreeBSD 6.* - 7.* + "All that's really worth doing is what we do for others."- Lewis Carrol
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