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Date:      Thu, 29 Nov 2001 08:58:45 -0700
From:      Samuel J.Greear <dragonk@evilcode.net>
To:        Edwin Culp <eculp@EnContacto.Net>, hardware@freebsd.org, isp@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: fnord-430/SuperMicro P3TDE6/ServerWorks SS III HE Super LIght
Message-ID:  <20011128160149.5EF302146B@ns1.infowest.com>
In-Reply-To: <1006961799.3c0504870e978@Mail.SavvyWorld.Net>
References:  <1006961799.3c0504870e978@Mail.SavvyWorld.Net>

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On Wednesday 28 November 2001 08:36 am, Edwin Culp wrote:
> I just bought a fnord 430 with a SuperMicro P3TDE6 motherboard with the
> ServerWorks ServerSet III HE Super Light chipset.  It has 2 - 1G PC133
> RG DIMM C3 128X72 VR Kingston memory chips.  The problem is Signal 11
> panics.  It seems to be memory related.  Kingston sent 2 replacement
> chips.  I installed them and it made it noticeably worse.  With the
> new chips I can't even get through an fsck.   With the old chips
> I haven't been able to do a build world.  I will sometimes
> get about halfway through.  Does anyone else seen problems with
> a similar installation.  I have been fighting with this for about
> four weeks now and can't make it work.
>
> It has two 3ware escalade controlers. I have current on one and
> release on the other and they exhibit the same symtoms.  I even
> took the escalade controllers out and did an installation on
> an ide disk with no real change.
>
> Any ideas will sure be appreciated.  I haven't been successful at
> rousting anyone at fnord for over two weeks.  They delivered the
> machine almost a month late because they were having problems
> installing freebsd, their standard installation, which makes me
> think that they were having the same problems and rather than
> fixing them decided to ship:-(
>
> Has anyone else had good/bad experiences with FNord and especially with
> the 430? [ http://fnordsystems.com ]
>
> Thanks,
>
> ed
>

We had some problems with several ServerWorks-based boards.. (Intel)
Symptoms were remarkably similar, seemingly random panics (sig11).
At first we thought it was RAM, but the memory checked out good,
then we thought it might be a heat issue, so we pulled the cover
and got some fans blowing on it, this helped a bit.  Then we decided
to try running a UP kernel, this helped considerably but didn't
completely eliminate the problem.   Finally, we flashed the BIOS to
the newest version, not a problem since.

Sam

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