Date: Thu, 20 Mar 1997 10:24:26 +1030 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: sthaug@nethelp.no Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anybody using Tyan S1672 (Tacoma) motherboard with parity RAM? Message-ID: <199703192354.KAA28993@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <19130.858810368@verdi.nethelp.no> from "sthaug@nethelp.no" at "Mar 19, 97 11:26:08 pm"
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sthaug@nethelp.no stands accused of saying: > Is anybody using the Tyan S1672 (Tacoma) motherboard with parity RAM > with FreeBSD? No, but I've seen some oddities with another HX board. > We have a couple of these here, and they work fine as long as we only > configure normal parity checking in the BIOS. As soon as we turn on > ECC, we start getting mysterious crashes etc. We'd like to hear about > other experiences with this board. Thanks in advance! With the Tekram P5H30 board, using an Award BIOS, there are several different parity/ECC settings. At least one of these results in the board bombing out with an ECC error long before anything resembling an OS is loaded. > Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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