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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.hardware Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!DIALix!melbourne.dialix.com.au!seeware!usenet From: mark@putte.seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Mark Hannon) Subject: Re: sporadic problems with FreeBSD 2.2.2-box Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: usenet@seeware.DIALix.oz.au (Charlie Root) Nntp-Posting-Host: putte.seeware.dialix.oz.au Organization: Private FreeBSD site Message-ID: <ED0590.HC8.L.doorway@seeware.DIALix.oz.au> References: <868191978.12011@dejanews.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Tue, 8 Jul 1997 13:24:36 GMT Lines: 52 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips:157301 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44107 Hi there, In article <868191978.12011@dejanews.com>, dburr@POBoxes.com writes: > I am having weird problems with my new FreeBSD 2.2.2 machine. > > CPU: Intel i486DX2/66 oveclocked to DX2/80 (i.e. the bus is running at > 40MHz) > > * CPU and overclocking: This is probably the problem, no? This CPU > belongs to a friend of mine, who ran it overclocked to 80 using Win95 > and Linux, with no problems (but he has a different motherboard > altogether). Maybe I should just bite the bullet and either live with > 66MHz or get a DX4/133 or something. > I would suggest that you try to bring the clock back to 33MHz. I had similar problems getting an AMD3/120 Mhz chip to work. My motherboard refused to behave itself running at 40Mhz, dropping it back to 33Mhz and I haven't had a problem since (over a year ago). > * Memory: I discovered while roooting around in the system that my memory > was EDO. When looking at the motherboard manual, it does not mention > anything about EDO. I heard some very scary stories about using EDO > memory in a non-EDO motherboard, that it could cause hardware failure, > fry your memory chips, etc. Can anyone supply more information about > this for me? And could this really be causing my problem? No idea. > > * PCI and PCI BIOS: This is my first PCI system. And I know next to > nothing about PCI. Nor do I know about any of the dozens of BIOS > settings (the motherboard manual did not shed any light on this). Could > a mis-configuration thereabouts be causing my problems? FYI, I did set > bus timings, wait states, etc. to "default" (auto-configure) settings. > This should be OK as long as you are using defaults. /mark -- +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ | Mark Hannon,| FreeBSD, Free Unix for your PC | mark@seeware.DIALix.oz.au| | Melbourne, | See http://www.freebsd.org | Unsolicited commercial | | Australia | | email not welcome! | +-=-=-=-=-=-=-+-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+