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SubjectRe: [Fwd: Dual Celery on BP6]
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>>>>> "C" == Chris Chiappa <griffon@snurgle.org> writes:

>> > You are not alone. Several BP6 users are reporting APIC error
>> > interrupts, some with 0x02, some with 0x08. You see the messages in

I get them, usually on shutdown.

>> Well - this messages dissappears when you run with the slower bus speed.
>> I could see them with 94MHz, far less with 92MHz and none with 75MHz -
>> so now I'm still using 2.2 with 94MHz...
C> No, I was running 2.3 with a non-overclocked BP6 running 400MHz Celerons and
C> I was getting the messages (66MHz bus speed). I'm currently running 2.2 due
C> to some problems I haven't had time to look at yet with the 3c59x driver in
C> 2.3; My impression was that either the 2.3 kernel or the new BIOS available
C> from ABIT made the mobo lock up quicker; however I don't have anythign
C> scientific to back that up. I might be able to look at it a bit more after
C> the holidays, however it's difficult to know since if I try to back out to
C> the old BIOS, Linux GPFs on boot up.

I am also running a BP6 with 2 400MHz Celerons at the standard
66MHz. It is one of the earliest boards (metal levers, mislabelled
fan headers), and I haven't updated the BIOS.

I have no hard numbers, but it seemed that the further along in the
2.3 series kernels that I ran, the faster it locked up. 2.2.13 seems
a lot more stable. I'm only running IDE drives, but ECC 8ns memory.
Lockups are total -- no message on serial console, no way to switch
from X to graphics console, no alt-sysrq keys, no ping, no keyboard
response, nothing.

C> Perhaps someone should start a linux-bp6 mailing list?

Sure. And my first question is: how does someone with absolutely no
Dos/Windows expertise (and without a copy of the software) upgrade
the BIOS? The BIOS upgrade instructions all assume DOS/Windows...

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