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From: quantum@mercury.sfsu.edu (ORLANDO JOSE VALLE)
Newsgroups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus,comp.os.386bsd.questions,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: Problems with PVI-486AP4, NCR53c810 and FBSD 2.0
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Date: 22 Feb 1995 07:21:03 GMT
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: |>     Question 4:  When it tries to reboot, FreeBSD prints the usual
: |> "Syncing disks" and "Rebooting..." messages, but it never actually
: |> reboots the machine.  It just hangs.  I have to hit the hardware reset
: |> myself.  Also, the memory check stops at 1024K and the subsequent BIOS
: |> boot screen says I have 640K RAM and 0K extended.  FreeBSD then hangs
: |> before it gets to its own memory scanner.  Sound like a motherboard
: |> defect?

: Can't say anything regarding that ...
: Does it show that effect when booting from the 
: Adaptec, too ?

	No this is not a motherboard defect. Your only problem is that the 
cpu you are using does not fully support the motherboard green features. I have
an old intel dx2 -66 (also some amd's have problems ) and had this problem
under linux and os/2 ,but not dos. The fix after I and alot of other people using the same and a one other type board post the problem under comp.os.linux. is  to change the jumper settings to not use the green features. On the asus ap4 set jumpers jp19 and jp18 depending on what cpu you are using.

							good luck
							Orlando