From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 27 8: 5:16 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from priv-edtnes12-hme0.telusplanet.net (edtnes12.telus.net [199.185.220.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 73CF037B5ED for ; Sat, 27 May 2000 08:05:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from d_rfast@telus.net) Received: from alpha ([216.232.50.146]) by priv-edtnes12-hme0.telusplanet.net (InterMail vM.4.01.02.11 201-229-116-111) with SMTP id <20000527150512.NSYV24791.priv-edtnes12-hme0.telusplanet.net@alpha>; Sat, 27 May 2000 09:05:12 -0600 Reply-To: From: "Donald and Rosalyn Fast" To: "Jim Freeze" Cc: Subject: RE: Widespread panics on install of 4.0 -solved (at least partly) Date: Sat, 27 May 2000 08:05:13 -0700 Message-ID: <000901bfc7ec$f58051e0$9232e8d8@bc.hsia.telus.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2377.0 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Okay. I'll have to bite the bullet and lower the multiplier. (I was hoping to be able to leave it at its proper speed). > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Freeze [mailto:jim@freeze.org] > Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2000 4:43 AM > To: Donald and Rosalyn Fast > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RE: Widespread panics on install of 4.0 -solved (at least > partly) > > > > On Fri, 26 May 2000, Donald and Rosalyn Fast wrote: > > > Thanks Jim, > > > > I changed the BIOS timing for memory to be less aggressive - still no success in installing. > > I removed case cover, and put a portable fan blowing over CPU this lowered CPU temp from > > 49 deg C to 34 deg C and MB temp from 35 deg C to 24 deg C and SUCCESSFULLY INSTALLED. > > > > It is time for a small hardware upgrade of a new case and cooling fan(s). > > > > I then configured and browsed FreeBSD for 30 minutes until I got a panic when installing > > GNOME (after installing multiple dependencies, but not yet finished). > > (successfully ran fsck to fix the damage) > > > > 30 minutes is about twice as long as any previous use. So I think I am getting somewhere. > > > > thanks again, > > > Wow, after lowering my clock speed, I didn't think that heating was that > big of a problem. Glad to hear things are at least installing now. > > However, I think you are going to have to lower your cpu > clock speed (ie the cpu multiplier) for this thing to work reliably. > > I am curious as to just how much. > > Jim > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message