From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 20 19:01:54 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 58F3416A41A for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:01:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from guam10.hdk5.net (guam10.hdk5.net [66.180.132.235]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21C9013C461 for ; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:01:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from noc@hdk5.net) Received: from [192.168.1.29] (unknown [66.180.149.18]) by guam10.hdk5.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE60C5C22; Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:03:14 -1000 (HST) Message-ID: <476ABC20.4060701@hdk5.net> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:01:52 -1000 From: NetOpsCenter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.9) Gecko/20061211 FreeBSD/i386 SeaMonkey/1.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: At Home , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <476A9FD0.4060607@dreamchaser.org> <20071220183533.GA13897@owl.midgard.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <20071220183533.GA13897@owl.midgard.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Re: 6.2 and Asus A7N8X-E X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: noc@hdk5.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 19:01:54 -0000 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