From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Nov 23 04:48:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA10697 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 04:48:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from picnic.mat.net (picnic.mat.net [206.246.122.117]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA10681; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 04:48:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from chuckr@mat.net) Received: from localhost (chuckr@localhost) by picnic.mat.net (8.9.1/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA29881; Mon, 23 Nov 1998 07:47:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1998 07:47:08 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey To: Sam Pigg cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, smp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: tyan S1836DLUAN >512Mb problems In-Reply-To: <199811230851.AAA13798@phred.redbacknetworks.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, 23 Nov 1998, Sam Pigg wrote: > > Trying to use 1 gig of memory on a tyan S1836DLUAN (dual 450 PII's) > running 3.0-RELEASE, keep having problems with the system freezing up, > rebooting, compiles failing due to signal 11's etc. If I decrease the > memory to 512 megs (I'm using those weird micron 256meg simms btw) > everything works fine. Tyan claims this motherboard can support up to > '1GB SPD SDRAM or SDRAM+ECC in addition to the new 100MHz > SDRAMs' > > This motherboard uses the 440GX chipset, but another system with > a tyan S1832DL (440BX chipset) suffers from the same symptoms when > >512 megs of ram are installed. Trying to locate memory problems can really be misleading. You aren't sure yet that this isn't a memory problem, I think, and you have to be, before you go to blaming the board. How about swapping out the 512M you have installed now with the 512 you took out, and run that for a little while? It's *possible* you're absolutely right about the board, but I don't think anyone's going to trust that until you've covered the (logically required) bases. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run Journey2 and picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (NetBSD). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message