From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265306AbTLHCtz (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Dec 2003 21:49:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265309AbTLHCtz (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Dec 2003 21:49:55 -0500 Received: from k-kdom.nishanet.com ([65.125.12.2]:63242 "EHLO mail2k.k-kdom.nishanet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265306AbTLHCtw (ORCPT ); Sun, 7 Dec 2003 21:49:52 -0500 Message-ID: <3FD3EB1A.2060600@nishanet.com> Date: Sun, 07 Dec 2003 22:08:10 -0500 From: Bob User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031014 Thunderbird/0.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel Subject: Re: Catching NForce2 lockup with NMI watchdog - found? References: <3FD1199E.2030402@gmx.de> <1070669706.3987.4.camel@athlonxp.bradney.info> <3FD12114.7080505@gmx.de> <1070671068.3972.6.camel@athlonxp.bradney.info> In-Reply-To: <1070671068.3972.6.camel@athlonxp.bradney.info> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Craig Bradney wrote: >On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 01:21, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote: > > >>Craig Bradney wrote: >> >> >>>On Sat, 2003-12-06 at 00:49, Prakash K. Cheemplavam wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Hi, >>>> >>>>*maybe* I found the bugger, at least I got APIC more stable (need to >>>>test whether oit is really stable, compiling kernel right now...): >>>> >>>>It is a problem with CPU disconnect function. I tried various parameters >>>>in bios and turned cpu disconnect off, and tada, I could do several >>>>subsequent hdparms and machine is running! As CPU disconnect is a ACPI >>>>state, if I am not mistkaen, I think there is something broken in ACPI >>>>right now or in APIC and cpu disconnect triggers the bug. >>>> >>>>Maybe now my windows environment is stable, as well. It was much more >>>>stable with cpu disconnect and apic, nevertheless seldomly locked up. >>>> >>>> >>>>So gals and guys, try disabling cpu disconnect in bios and see whether >>>>aopic now runs stable. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>>I have an Abit NF7-S Rev2.0 with Bios 2.0. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>>>Prakash >>>> >>>> >>>I rebooted and checked in my BIOS, I dont seem to have "CPU Disconnect"? >>>Is there another name. I also downloaded the motherboard manual for your >>>NF7-S and cant find it there either? >>> >>> >>th efull name should be "CPU Disconnect Function". it is an the page >>with "enhanced pci performance", "enable system bios caching" ".. video >>bios caching" and all the spread spectrums. I have forgotten the name of >>that page in the main menu. Should the 3 or 4 in the first column. >> >>Perhaps your BIOS is too old. I remember it only came with 1.8 (or >>alike) and later. But usually this setting should be disabled at default. >> >>My machine still hasn't locked, btw. :-) >> >> > > >Sounds great.. maybe you have come across something. Yes, the CPU >Disconnect function arrived in your BIOS in revision of 2003/03/27 >"6.Adds"CPU Disconnect Function" to adjust C1 disconnects. The Chipset >does not support C2 disconnect; thus, disable C2 function." > >For me though.. Im on an ASUS A7N8X Deluxe v2 BIOS 1007. From what I can >see the CPU Disconnect isnt even in the Uber BIOS 1007 for this ASUS >that has been discussed. > >Craig > I don't have that in MSI K7N2 MCP2-T near the agp and fsb spread spectrum items or anywhere else.