Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Linux Kernel Developer" <> | Subject | Re: Followup to previous post: Atlon/VIA Instabilities | Date | Wed, 2 May 2001 05:22:25 -0400 |
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> No, actually the instability starts right after/when the root > filesystem is mounted (it seems). I have no foreign modules installed > when this error occurs. Even if I did, why would the Abit KA7 with the > same [other] hardware and software NOT show this problem, even with all > opts enabled?
In my experience I've noticed motherboards can have a huge impact on stability despite the chipsets, hardware used, etc. Abit is well known and liked in the overclocking circles, consequently I would strongly suspect that their motherboards are generally highly stable when compared to most others. In fact, my experience with them seams to support this thesis. Its possible that the other motherboard you were using is just flaky. Does the other one happen to be a PC-Chips one? These generally can be quite cheap, feature rich, and even have the best chipsets but still have proved themselves to be quite flaky to me in the past. FIC seams to have a similar problem, although they actually improve on their boards stability over time (have some rock solid high volume servers on "stabilized" FIC boards); sometimes with just a conveniently available BIOS update. Shuttle also seams to have gone downhill but that might have just been a one time occurrence.
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