Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 10 Jan 1998 17:52:15 +0000 (GMT) | From | Matthew Kirkwood <> | Subject | K6 probs... :( |
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Hi,
Having just replaced my, now creaky, P120 with a K6-200, I'm unable to boot Linux. My initial experimentations with RAM timings, etc, had no luck, but I have been able to get things up (and seemingly stable) at 166Mhz. Have I been sold a duff CPU?
Box: K6-200 (now @166 :( ), 430HX mobo, 64Meg EDO RAM, some other random stuff...
I've tried various kernels: 2.1.78 - no cigar 2.0.33 - ditto 2.0.33 compiled for 386 - still no luck
I believe that the K6 bug affects only systems with >32meg installed, so I've tried all of the above with mem=32M. Should that be enough, or should I find some old SIMMs, and try with only 32M installed? Also, is the bug fixed in stepping 2 anyway?
The RAM seems OK (well, it has run for > 6 months on a P120), but should certainly be rock solid at the timings I've tried (70ns with maximal wait states, etc).
/proc/cpuinfo: processor : 0 cpu family : 5 model : AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia extensions vendor_id : AuthenticAMD stepping : 2 fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no sep_bug : no f00f_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mmx bogomips : 331.78
Any ideas?
Matthew.
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