On 19 May 2011 at 11:59, Chuck Swiger wrote: > On May 19, 2011, at 11:46 AM, Erik N=F8rgaard wrote: > >> It indicates that they put faster RAM into the box, but ran it at a > >> speed of 533MHz, which is slower than the memory is capable of > >> running. In some cases, doing this lets you run the RAM at lower > >> voltage or with tighter timing settings of CL/tRCD/tTP/etc. > > > > Thanks, currently I have, well ancient RAM on an old VIA board and > > it's not really any reliable. That with the flacky disk controller on > > the VIA board is my reason to go Intel. > > Yeah, I have one of the VIA EPIA M6000 boards, and the IDE controller > gets flaky under load if there is more than one device attached. > Disabling the secondary channel on IRQ 15 helped some.... > > Regards, > -- > -Chuck >
With VIA mobo's any older than about 3 years, check the condition of all the 1000uF/6.3V electrolytic caps scattered about the place. Any bulging, or showning brown crusty stuff (leakage) replace them. Bad power rail decpoupling can cripple a system but present itself as one particular subsystem acting up under specific conditions. They don't fix themselves, they only get worse. Regards. DaveB. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
