Legend QDI Advance 5/133E AGP Pentium III motherboard (VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset) Intel Pentium III/500 cpu 128MB 133mhz ram hard drive: WDC WD102BA, 9779MB w/2048kB Cache ATI Xpert 98 AGP video card, 8MB 3Com 3c905b NIC SoundBlaster AWE64 isapnp sound card Creative Labs ATAPI 52X cdrom USR 33.6 isa modem
-chris On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Nate Amsden wrote: > need to be more specific: > > e.g. (my system) > Intel P3-800EB 256k (not overclocked) FC-PGA > Asus CUV4X - VIA Apollo Pro 133A Chipset - bios ????? > 512MB SDRAM(non ECC, 2x256MB) > 2 x Quantum 4.5GB Ultra 2 scsi hdds - 7200RPM > 1 x IBM 9.1GB Ultra 2 scsi hdd - 10000RPM > 3Dfx Voodoo3 2000 AGP 16MB > Intel eepro100+ NIC(connected to a 5 port Netgear FS105 Switch) > SoundBlaster PCI 128 > Adaptec AHA 2940UW Ultra Wide scsi controller - bios 2.20 > Matsushita 4x8x CD-R > Power PC & Cooling Turbo cool 300ATX power supply > Enlight Mid tower case > (1) slot fan under video card > Power PC & Cooling 110 Alert temperature alarm > 2 case fans providing at least 50CFM airflow, 1 is 12V the other is > 110V > 6 fans on the 2 quantum hdds(3 on each) > 1 fan on the IBM hdd > Debian 2.2r0 Linux 2.2.17pre18(self compiled) > > > it is very important to be as specific as possible when attempting to > diagnose a potential hardware problem. i remember spending upwards of 3 > months trying to diagnose the problems on my BP6, i finally came to the > unescapable consclusion that the MB was a piece of shit. > > nate > > Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > > This is a QDI Advance 5 with Intel PIII/500 and 1/8 gig ram. > > It's got some kind of hard drive in it too, and a network card > > and stuff. -chris > > > > On Wed, 6 Sep 2000, Nate Amsden wrote: > > > > > Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > > > > > > Oh man, after reading all these scary faulty-hardware posts I shook > > > > in my boots a little after coming home and finding my new machine > > > > frozen solid. It was running xseti at the time FWIW. > > > > Where should I start looking? > > > > -chris > > > > > > you can start specifying all the hardware, i found that [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > would > > > lock my BP6 *EVERY SINGLE TIME* it was like clockwork. so if you have a > > > BP6 ..replace it. or take the 2nd cpu out. see > > > http://www.snurgle.org/~griffon/bp6-linux.html for more info. > > > > > > you can also get a program called cpuburn to burn in the cpu, cpuburn > > > also comes with a chipset tester(only supports a few chipsets). there > > > are several memory checkers available(see freshmeat) > > > > > > if you don't have a BP6, run stress tests on it, [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a > > > great > > > program to stress the cpu/cache/memory/IDE controllers/hdds. for a > > > 128MB machine 7 copies of [EMAIL PROTECTED] running at the same time for > > > 2-3 > > > days is a good test i've found. for 256MB maybe increase it to 12. etc > > > etc. (im sure that rc5 is just as good as seti but ive never tried it > > > myself) > > > > > > run this in console mode, make sure there is no X at all running. if it > > > passes the test, then run (from inside X) x11perf -all (cant believe i > > > remembered that command! last week i couldnt..) that will run a series > > > of graphics tests, it can take hours to complete, if the machine does > > > not lock up, run it again, or maybe try loading it a 2nd time and run 2 > > > copies(not sure if that would work) if that all passes .....then it may > > > be safe to say the system is pretty stable and just xseti is buggy(which > > > last i saw their readme strongly iterates it is beta/alpha software) > > > > > > nate > > > > > > -- > > > ::: > > > ICQ: 75132336 > > > http://www.aphroland.org/ > > > http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > > > -- > ::: > ICQ: 75132336 > http://www.aphroland.org/ > http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
