Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 12:50:39 -0400 From: "BSD Boy" <freebsdboy69@hotmail.com> To: mgllghr@bu.edu, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: <OT> I Think I have a dead Athlon Message-ID: <F244mJKdXe7Ce1GTtBX00014388@hotmail.com>
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One of my boxes is the same setup you describe. Even if you can get the thing to boot and perform an install, you're only part way done. I had a *helluva* time isolating a problem that caused my system to lock up after sitting idle for about 15 minutes (vanilla install, no bell/whistles). I isolated it to the IDE controllers. I'm now completely SCSI and disabled everything IDE in the BIOS. Crappy first-gen chipset I think. Although I am still a relative newbie ( <1 yr UN*X). My box runs great now. HTH, Carl >From: Gallagher <mgllghr@bu.edu> >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: <OT> I Think I have a dead Athlon >Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 06:51:16 -0400 (EDT) > >Hey All, > > I know there are a lot of hardware guru's out there, so I hope no >one minds me asking this question. I have an Athlon 600 Slot A CPU (yes >an oldie by now :-) and a FIC SD-11 motherboard. The problem is when I >turn the machine on it does nothing. I mean nothing. No beeps, no >movement. Dead. The fans come on and that's about it. I know this isn't >much to work with, but anyone have any idea what this could be? It's not >the memory/drives, or anything else, because I've tested everything in >another machine, except the board and CPU, because I don't have another >Athlon CPU, just Intel. I know neither the board or the chip is worth >much now, but I'd like to find out which one is dead, and replace it, >because a 600Mhz machine is not shabby, by any standards, even if it is >the original slot A Athlon. However, I know the whole Slot CPU thing came >and went fast. From day one it was bad heat dissipating design. So I >wonder if that may be the problem. I really don't know. Any help is >greatly appreciated. Once again, sorry this is Off Topic, but I'm looking >for any help I can get. > >Thanks, > >~mike > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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