From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:28:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:28:12 -0400 Received: from prgy-npn1.prodigy.com ([207.115.54.37]:4618 "EHLO deathstar.prodigy.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:27:57 -0400 Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 13:28:23 -0400 Message-Id: <200109271728.f8RHSNN08448@deathstar.prodigy.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Also-Posted-To: linux.dev.kernel Subject: Re: Fighting with K7VZA (via KT133A/686B): Any news? In-Reply-To: <01092523011505.01149@localhost.localdomain> Distribution: local Organization: TMR Associates, Schenectady NY From: davidsen@tmr.com (bill davidsen) X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test75 (Feb 13, 2001) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In article <01092523011505.01149@localhost.localdomain>, Rob Landley wrote: | Does the best course of action at this point involve attempting to get money | back, and if so, which motherboard can actually accept ~gigahertz athlon and | PC133 memory and possibly even do something useful with it under any known or | expected 2.4 kernel variant? I would certainly return the board ASAP. The chances are that you have a defective example rather than a bad design, but you might want to be prepared for a brand switch if the next one doesn't work. But see below... | Thanks for your time. (How much did Tom's Hardware get paid to recommend | this motherboard as "Rock Solid"? What, Talc? Pumice? Sandstone? Perhaps | a particularly flaky vein of mica?) I wouldn't say that even in jest. I sometimes question the competence of those reviews, and often the relevance, but I think they're honest. Possible causes: Power supply. BIOS option setting. Memory (memtest doesn't use the cpu specific stuff to get the high data rate, at least my old copy). Board I use: Abit KK266. With the Athlon optimization and 2.4.9ac14+patch. Runs solid with 1GB RAM, high memory enabled, 1.4GHz CPU speed. And is stable for 10% (146MHz FSB) o/c as well, so I think it's really stable. -- bill davidsen "If I were a diplomat, in the best case I'd go hungry. In the worst case, people would die." -- Robert Lipe