Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:48:30 +0200 From: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Francois Tigeot <ftigeot@wolfpond.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instant crash with FreeBSD 6.1-RC and 4GB RAM Message-ID: <20060412204829.GB38383@aoi.wolfpond.org> In-Reply-To: <20060412194702.GA26548@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20060412194306.GA38383@aoi.wolfpond.org> <20060412194702.GA26548@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 03:47:02PM -0400, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:43:06PM +0200, Francois Tigeot wrote: > > > > I just tried booting a FreeBSD-6.1-RC1/amd64 CD in a machine with an > > Athlon-64 X2 4400+ and 4GB of memory. > > > > The mainboard is an Asus A8V-E-SE. > > > > The kernel displays its copyright and then crashes almost instantly. The > > screen is filled with the letter 'k' and the machine reboots soon after > > that. [...] > > If the memory is limited to 3GB in the BIOS, FreeBSD boots as expected. > > > > I would appreciate if someone could share some insight about this problem. > > Replace the broken 1GB memory stick? :-) Well, with the same sticks, the same CD boots correctly in an Opteron/Supermicro H8SSL-i machine Silly me, I thought it could have been a software bug, when it was in fact a hardware one... Any recommandation for a known working socket 939 mainboard with PCI-E graphics ? -- Francois Tigeot
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