Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 08:46:58 -0400 (Eastern Daylight Time) From: Yubyub Bird <yubyub@j51.com> To: Søren Schmidt <sos@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Cyrus Rahman <cr@jcmax.com>, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: S3 video cards Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.3.96.980623083235.411A-100000@tcpc54.tcam.com> In-Reply-To: <199806200913.LAA05181@sos.freebsd.dk>
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On Sat, 20 Jun 1998, Søren Schmidt wrote: > Hmm, I'm not so sure about your findings, I run a S3ViRGE/DX 4M cards in > my other box (also a TYAN but the 1662 AT formfactor board) with 256M > memory and I've NEVER seen it fail. > The exact same S3 board fails horribly in the 1668 (ATX form factor) > even with 32M memory, so it doesn't fit you description.... > > BTW the machine has now been up for 24+hours with the P9100 card, so the > video card has something to do with the problem... Similar but opposite experience here. I had an older P5 60Mhz mboard which I ran an S3ViRGE in (4M), and ran solid as rock for months straight. A few months ago I upgraded to the TYAN 1662 AT mboard, and the card started showing snow and garbage. I figured it may have something to do with bus speeds, tolerances, or something. I replaced the video with an S3 864, and that fixed it - haven't thought a wink about it for months. -yubyub@j51.com "I had to laugh like hell." - Vonnegut To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message
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