Re: NForce2 pseudoscience stability testing (2.6.0-test11)

Prakash K. Cheemplavam
2003-12-07T15:49:12Z

Jussi Laako wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 18:34, Julien Oster wrote:
>
>
>>>I am also using a 2 week old A7N8X Deluxe, v2 with the latest 1007 BIOS.
>>>I AM able to run 2.6 Test 11 with APIC, Local APIC and ACPI support
>>>turned on (SMP off, Preemptible Kernel off).
>>
>>Unfortunately, I have the exact same configuration, with massive
>>lockups. Could you try executing "hdparm -t /dev/<someharddisk>"
>>several times and see if it lockups?
>
>
> I don't think this is Linux-related. None of the NForce2 motherboards
> with chipset revision same as the one on A7N8X Deluxe rev2 is able to
> run memtest86 for 72 hours without errors with any memory tested (about
> 20 different DIMMs). NForce2 chipset is just broken.

Have you taken a look into the other nforce2 thread? A possible
solution/Patch has been posted.