Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-36,: Re: Athlon (K7) and X = crash

# Re: Athlon (K7) and X = crash

Johannes Erdfelt (jerdfelt@sventech.com)
Tue, 7 Sep 1999 12:44:52 -0400

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On Tue, Sep 07, 1999, Thomas S. Iversen <zensonic@diku.dk> wrote:
> Hello there
>
> After some hard work we managed to get SUSE 6.2 running
> on an athlon(K7) with a microstar 6167 motherboard.
>
> We're still having some problems, and it would be nice if some of you
> could help us:
>
> 1. X11 crashes the machine hard no matter what graphiccard we put in
> the machine. We suspect MTRR to be the problem as we had to
> use a SUSE boot floppy in order to get the machine working in the
> first place (problems with MTRR)
>
> Our plan is to compile 2.2.12 pre 3 (is it 3?) which should give
> MTRR support for the Athlon
>
> 2. If we put all of the 3*128M in the motherboard it becomes
> unstable. We suspected one bad piece of ram, but as long as we only
> populate any 2 of the 3 dimms (in any permutation) it's stable as a
> rock. Anyone seen this problem before?
>
> Btw. Isn't there some kind of archive over the posts on this list?

Get a replacement motherboard. The MSI boards have been recalled because
of problems they've been having.

JE

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