From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:53:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:53:21 -0400 Received: from lanm-pc.com ([64.81.97.118]:21494 "EHLO golux.thyrsus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:53:13 -0400 Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2001 12:50:35 -0400 From: "Eric S. Raymond" To: Johannes Erdfelt Cc: Alan Cox , Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: Kernel lockups on dual-Athlon board -- help wanted Message-ID: <20010811125035.A6428@thyrsus.com> Reply-To: esr@thyrsus.com Mail-Followup-To: "Eric S. Raymond" , Johannes Erdfelt , Alan Cox , Linux Kernel List In-Reply-To: <20010811062349.A1769@thyrsus.com> <20010811123200.F6024@thyrsus.com> <20010811124409.Y3126@sventech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010811124409.Y3126@sventech.com>; from johannes@erdfelt.com on Sat, Aug 11, 2001 at 12:44:09PM -0400 Organization: Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs X-Eric-Conspiracy: There is no conspiracy Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Johannes Erdfelt : > > different design? Because the K7 Thunder is, AFAIK, the only dual-Athlon > > 1200 board that exists right now. > > I suspect he means same design, different physical hardware. Yes, he said so in a reply. > > 2. Do you know of anyone else successfully running 2.4 over an AMD 760 > > support chipset? > > I am. > > I have had some cooling problems with some of the hardware in the past. > > > 3. Which components do you think are likely to be implicated? Bad memory > > is an obvious guess, I suppose. > > Cooling most likely. What kind of system is this? Rackmount? Desktop > case? Server case. Seems to be running pretty cool -- the processor heatsinks are warm to the touch but not hot. We've got a power-supply fan, two coolers, and two case fans. Did you find you needed more than that? -- Eric S. Raymond There's a truism that the road to Hell is often paved with good intentions. The corollary is that evil is best known not by its motives but by its *methods*.