Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 19 Sep 2001 11:09:29 -0700 | From | Ben Greear <> | Subject | Re: Locked up 2.4.10-pre11 on Tyan 815t motherboard. |
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Andrew Morton wrote:
> nmi_watchdog will force an oops if the machine locks up > with interrupts disabled (as I suspect mine did). But > it requires an SMP kernel or IO-APIC-on-UP.
I just built a 2.4.8 kernel with the APIC enabled. It locked hard and printed no OOPS. I had set the boot cmd line as: nmi_watchdog=1
> > > Could bad hardware do this..and if so, any idea of what to look for?? > > > > Yes, bad hardware could do it. It'll eother be a lockup > with interrupts disabled or a double/triple fault.
When I opened the machine the first time (before I powered it up), I noticed that the CPU fan's wires were tangled in the fan such that it couldn't move.. I fixed that, but it could have been run before I received the machine... Could that cause this problem you think??
Thanks, Ben
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