From owner-freebsd-amd64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 25 06:55:18 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C070E16A4CE for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 06:55:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxfep01.bredband.com (mxfep01.bredband.com [195.54.107.70]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 41CA543D69 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 06:55:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lars.tunkrans@bredband.net) Received: from [192.168.245.231] ([213.112.167.129] [213.112.167.129]) by mxfep01.bredband.com with ESMTP <20040925065515.FTGR19800.mxfep01.bredband.com@[192.168.245.231]>; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:55:15 +0200 Message-ID: <415515F2.3060907@bredband.net> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:53:38 +0200 From: Lars Tunkrans Organization: None User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040618 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rob2@pythonemproject.com, freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org References: <4154C903.1050504@pythonemproject.com> In-Reply-To: <4154C903.1050504@pythonemproject.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-amd64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the AMD64 platform List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 06:55:18 -0000 Rob wrote: > Not even able to get any text out of the bios on my system. AMD 64 > 3800. Abit AV8 mobo, 3 banksof 512k 400Mhz memory, Adaptek 29160 with > 2 SCSI 160 drives. uP was OEM so using Zalman fan and heat sink. Video > is old Abit board, model now unknown, but worked well for 3 os's and a > few years. > When I power up I get the whirring fans and a bright red led. Nothing > seems to get abnormally hot. Maybe I need new video card. Its more likely that you need to change your memory configuration, The socket 939 3800+ is using a 128 bit memory bus. www.abit.com.tw states that the AV8 board is socket 939. I would use 2 or 4 non-ecc memory Dimms from the approved list: http://www.abit.com.tw/test_report/AV8_Series/memory.php Using 3 Dimms is not going to work ! You need to place equal number of Dimms in both memory-banks, One in a blue slot and one in purple slot according to the image on Abits website. Its probably better to continue this discussion here: http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hardware or here: http://www.freebsdforums.org/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=5 This mailinglist is supposed to address software issues in the Freebsd AMD64 port. Regards //Lars