Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Jim Blomo" <> | Date | Fri, 7 Sep 2001 00:33:55 -0700 |
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Hi, I am having a similar problem with my new board/chip. I am using 2.4.10-pre4, and when I compile with the Athlon/Thunderbird setting, the kernel does absolutely nothing after being uncompressed by LILO. The computer locks up and I must do a hard reboot to get going again. I have had no errors (for about 1.5 days) when using the same kernel compiled as 386 and Pentium pro without any other changes. When I used make bzdisk and tried to boot from that, it repeated the following message over and over until I did a soft reset:
1007 AX:020C BX:0000 CX:0007 DX:0000
When booting with the same disk with Athlon not selected as the chip, I had no errors. Windows 200 has been running with no visible errors for several days on the same hardware. Memory checks have turned up no errors with my hardware. Here's some more specific info:
Motherboard + chipset: ECS K7AMA + Ali Magic 1645 & Magic 1535D (http://www.ecs.com.tw/products/k7ama.htm) FSB Speed: 266 CPU + multiplier: Athlon Thunderbird 1.33Ghz not overclocked cat /proc/cpuinfo: processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 4 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) Processor stepping : 4 cpu MHz : 1333.382 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips : 2660.76 RAM type + speed: 2 stick of 256MB DDR PC2100 (DDR CAS Select: 2.5/3) Wattage: 300 watt power supply
I've seen postings on this subject on the web archives, so is it general opinion that this is a known issue with Athlons? Should I try to return the chip? I would be happy with a work around, so what other CPU option gives the best performance?
I hope I have provided enough information (this is my first post to this list). Please CC me any replies as I am not subscribed to the list. Thanks for any information!
Jim
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