Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 2 May 2001 16:47:51 +0100 | From | Jonathan Morton <> | Subject | Re: DISCOVERED! Cause of Athlon/VIA KX133 Instability |
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>> the only general issue is that kx133 systems seem to be difficult >> to configure for stability. ugly things like tweaking Vio. >> there's no implication that has anything to do with Linux, though. > > >When I reported my problem a couple weeks back another fellow >said he and several others on the list had the same problem, >and as far as I can tell it is *only* with the IWILL boards. >When I compiled with k7 optimizations I'd get all kinds of oopses >and panics and never fully boot. They were different every time. >When any of the lesser optimizations are used I have no problems. >My memory is one 256MB Corsair PC150 dimm, CPU is a Thunderbird 850, >and mobo is an IWILL KK266 (KT133A). The CPU runs between 35°C >and 40°C.
I'm using an Abit KT7 board (KT133) and my new 1GHz T'bird (running 50-60°C in a warm room) is giving me no trouble. This is with the board and RAM pushed as fast as it will go without actually overclocking anything... and yes, I do have Athlon/K7 optimisations turned on in my kernel (2.4.3).
Out of interest, what FSB are you using for your machine? I understand the difference between the KT133 and the KT133A is that the latter supports a 266MHz FSB for the Athlon rather than 200MHz. Since your CPU is running cool, I doubt you've managed to accidentally o/c it, but nevertheless this is a possibility...
The 266MHz FSB does require considerably higher standards in board construction though, so it could be that IWILL have managed to do a shoddy job on that end.
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