From owner-freebsd-hardware Tue Nov 24 11:58:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA29765 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:58:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp1.xs4all.nl (smtp1.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA29757 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 11:58:28 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from schofiel@xs4all.nl) Received: from xs2.xs4all.nl (root@xs2.xs4all.nl [194.109.6.43]) by smtp1.xs4all.nl (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA28442 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 20:58:24 +0100 (CET) Received: from excelsior (enterprise.xs4all.nl [194.109.14.215]) by xs2.xs4all.nl (8.8.8/8.8.6) with SMTP id UAA14332 for ; Tue, 24 Nov 1998 20:58:23 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <365B0FD4.1E31@xs4all.nl> Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 20:58:12 +0100 From: Rob Schofield Reply-To: schofiel@xs4all.nl Organization: Knights of the Round Table Ltd. X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SV: puh!(PC hardware) References: <000f01be17e3$d8e73a40$4dc2c6c3@prutten> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Stefan Lindgren wrote: > > Hi again. > > Just remvoved the second CPU. Works like a charm.:-( > > Any ideas?(blown CPU?) > Some special, hidden APIC I/O config? Different stepping of each CPU, rather than the same? And before everyone says "Old wives's tale", I have just had recent (and *very expensive*) experience that this needs to be the case - the same stepping, that is. Under NT I was getting blue screens and all sorts of weird stuff; under FBSD I was getting failure to shutdown, corrupted disks, downright disobedience at the command line, "freezes" in X, and other weirdness. Both processors changed for the same stepping, and *ping* (magic wand noise) all fixed.... Rob Schofield -- The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Scheduling: The first ninety percent of the job takes ninety percent of the allotted time, the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message