Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:50:37 +0100 From: Alexander Konovalenko <kono@kth.se> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: 7.1 does not boot on GA-MA770-GS3 (rev. 2.0), but works fine on rev. 1.0? Message-ID: <200811201450.37621@3667>
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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_ComparisonSheet.aspx?ProductID=2874,2722 Any suggestion? regards, Alexander Konovalenko
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