From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 20 12:51:18 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1287106566C for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 12:51:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave@g8kbv.demon.co.uk) Received: from lon1-post-2.mail.demon.net (lon1-post-2.mail.demon.net [195.173.77.149]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A90A38FC13 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 12:51:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [212.225.127.49] (helo=[192.168.42.12]) by lon1-post-2.mail.demon.net with esmtpa (AUTH g8kbv) (Exim 4.69) id 1QNOnE-0002BP-Zy for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 20 May 2011 12:27:00 +0000 From: "Dave" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 13:26:59 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <4DD65E13.23005.2766801A@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.61) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Subject: Re: FreeBSD compatible mini-itx board X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 12:51:19 -0000 On 19 May 2011 at 11:59, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On May 19, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Erik N=F8rgaard wrote: > >> It indicates that they put faster RAM into the box, but ran it at a > >> speed of 533MHz, which is slower than the memory is capable of > >> running. In some cases, doing this lets you run the RAM at lower > >> voltage or with tighter timing settings of CL/tRCD/tTP/etc. > > > > Thanks, currently I have, well ancient RAM on an old VIA board and > > it's not really any reliable. That with the flacky disk controller on > > the VIA board is my reason to go Intel. > > Yeah, I have one of the VIA EPIA M6000 boards, and the IDE controller > gets flaky under load if there is more than one device attached. > Disabling the secondary channel on IRQ 15 helped some.... > > Regards, > -- > -Chuck > With VIA mobo's any older than about 3 years, check the condition of all the 1000uF/6.3V electrolytic caps scattered about the place. Any bulging, or showning brown crusty stuff (leakage) replace them. Bad power rail decpoupling can cripple a system but present itself as one particular subsystem acting up under specific conditions. They don't fix themselves, they only get worse. Regards. DaveB.