From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 4 16:31: 1 2001 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 4 16:30:56 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from guru.mired.org (okc-65-26-235-186.mmcable.com [65.26.235.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C298737B404 for ; Thu, 4 Jan 2001 16:30:55 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 47724 invoked by uid 100); 5 Jan 2001 00:30:49 -0000 From: Mike Meyer MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <14933.5561.798986.92869@guru.mired.org> Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 18:30:49 -0600 (CST) To: "Jeff K. Palmer" Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: installation/stability problems with 1GB RAM (Tyan Thunder 100 S1836 m/b) In-Reply-To: <57213718@toto.iv> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 10) "Capitol Reef" XEmacs Lucid X-face: "5Mnwy%?j>IIV\)A=):rjWL~NB2aH[}Yq8Z=u~vJ`"(,&SiLvbbz2W`;h9L,Yg`+vb1>RG% *h+%X^n0EZd>TM8_IB;a8F?(Fb"lw'IgCoyM.[Lg#r\ Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Jeff K. Palmer types: > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. Please fix your mailer to only send a single plain text copy of messages, not a pseudo plain text copy and an HTML copyl > - ------=_NextPart_000_0214_01C07657.E735A9E0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Hello all: > I've been using FreeBSD successfully for several years now to run my = > website (http://www.vtec.net) > I'm in the process of reconfiguring/upgrading a server and decided to go = > with 4.2. I'm having a problem with my system when I'm running the 4 = > DIMM slots fully populated to 1GB of SDRAM. I searched the mailing list = > archives and newsgroups and several websites to no avail. > > Initially, the configuration of the machine was: > Tyan Thunder 100 (S1836) - 440GX chipset > Dual Pentium III/550 Processors > 512MB PC133 SDRAM (Micron) > Onboard fxp (Intel 82558) 100Mbit NIC > Onboard Adaptec AIC-7895 UltraWide SCSI > 7200 RPM 20.0 GB WD IDE drive for the system > (to be added) 4 10kRPM 18.2GB SCSI drives (planning to possibly use = > Vinum) > > With this configuration, I successfully installed 4.2-release from = > CD-ROM. =20 > I reconfigured the kernel to support only my devices and the dual = > processors. > I successfully added a few ports and then realized they were slightly = > outdated so I removed them. > I then added two more 256MB DIMMs (identical to the other two) to bring = > the RAM total to 1GB. > The system booted fine at first but then during the sup process for = > updating the ports collection it began behaving strangely. > > I have tried tweaking some BIOS settings (DRAM Refresh Rate, for one) = > with some degree of success but the system is still behaving = > erratically. Has anybody else observed this sort of problem? Try pulling one of the DIMMs. There have been reports that some boards don't handle the electrical when all the DIMM slots are used. thanks, > Jeff > > > > > > - ------=_NextPart_000_0214_01C07657.E735A9E0 > Content-Type: text/html; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > > > charset=3Diso-8859-1"> > > > > >
Hello all:
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I've been using FreeBSD successfully = > for several=20 > years now to run my website ( href=3D"http://www.vtec.net">http://www.vtec.net)
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I'm in the process of=20 > reconfiguring/upgrading a server and decided to go with 4.2.  = > I'm=20 > having a problem with my system when I'm running the 4 DIMM slots fully=20 > populated to 1GB of SDRAM.  I searched the mailing list archives = > and=20 > newsgroups and several websites to no avail.
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Initially, the configuration of the = > machine=20 > was:
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Tyan Thunder 100 (S1836) - 440GX=20 > chipset
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Dual Pentium III/550 = > Processors
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512MB PC133 SDRAM (Micron)
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Onboard fxp (Intel 82558)  100Mbit = > > NIC
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Onboard Adaptec AIC-7895 UltraWide=20 > SCSI
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7200 RPM 20.0 GB WD IDE drive for the=20 > system
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(to be added) 4 10kRPM 18.2GB SCSI = > drives (planning=20 > to possibly use Vinum)
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With this configuration, I successfully = > installed=20 > 4.2-release from CD-ROM. 
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I reconfigured the kernel to support = > only my=20 > devices and the dual processors.
>
I successfully added a few ports and = > then realized=20 > they were slightly outdated so I removed them.
>
I then added two more 256MB DIMMs = > (identical=20 > to the other two) to bring the RAM total to 1GB.
>
The system booted fine at = > first but then=20 > during the sup process for updating the ports collection it began = > behaving=20 > strangely.
>
 
>
I have tried tweaking some BIOS = > settings (DRAM=20 > Refresh Rate, for one) with some degree of success but the = > system is=20 > still behaving erratically.  Has anybody else observed this sort of = > > problem?

thanks,
Jeff
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