From owner-freebsd-smp Tue Aug 18 02:02:56 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA21590 for freebsd-smp-outgoing; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 02:02:56 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mail.ftf.dk (mail.ftf.dk [129.142.64.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA21579 for ; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 02:02:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from mail.prosa.dk ([192.168.100.254]) by mail.ftf.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8/gw-ftf-1.0) with ESMTP id LAA23788; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:07:15 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk) Received: from deepo.prosa.dk (deepo.prosa.dk [192.168.100.10]) by mail.prosa.dk (8.8.8/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) with ESMTP id LAA28091; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:10:25 +0200 (CEST) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.8/8.8.5/prosa-1.1) id LAA07030; Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:01:52 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19980818110152.12065@deepo.prosa.dk> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 11:01:52 +0200 From: Philippe Regnauld To: Garance A Drosihn Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PR440fx (Toshiba) + SMP ? References: <19980817220046.44173@deepo.prosa.dk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e In-Reply-To: ; from Garance A Drosihn on Mon, Aug 17, 1998 at 09:33:00PM -0400 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.6-RELEASE i386 Phone: +45 3336 4148 Address: Ahlefeldtsgade 16, 1359 Copenhagen K, Denmark Organization: PROSA Sender: owner-freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Garance A Drosihn writes: > > Turns out I had put the CPU in wrong. I knew it was a "zero > insertion force" socket, so I dropped the chip on the socket > and sure enough it seemed to fit there with zero force. Heh. I feel less alone :-) > If you want to eliminate FreeBSD from the equation, you could > check the BIOS to see if *it* sees the second CPU. It does now. > Also, at least on my machine (a Toshiba 6200M), you will *not* > see the name "Toshiba" displayed at boot if you have updated > to the latest BIOS from Intel for the PR440FX. Very true -- the latest (01.00.08, I think) displays a plain "Intel Corporation" message. > Upgrading the BIOS (at least > on my machine) is somewhat tricky, as the only way to get > the BIOS upgrade to work is to change the jumper on the > motherboard to use the "emergency" BIOS upgrade procedure. This was mentioned in the list archives, yes: it always fails in standard mode -- you have to move the jumper to the up position, boot blind, wait for two beeps, turn off the system, and put the jumper back down. -- -[ Philippe Regnauld / sysadmin / regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk / +55.4N +11.3E ]- The Internet is busy. Please try again later. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-smp" in the body of the message