Per Jessen wrote:
Per Jessen wrote:
Last week I put together a new system:
Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 (BIOS F3 which includes the AMD patch). AMD Phenom 2.2GHz (quad-core) 4 x 1Gb Kingston KVR800D2N5/1G (on Gigabytes approved list). ATI Radeon X1650 graphics. 2 x Hitachi SATA disks. The usual stuff - DVD, CDRW, floppy.
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Well, this system is highly unstable under high load. If I start 4 x mprime torture tests, it will automatically reboot in 30-40minutes.
To you who've been offering advice on this matter, here's the interim status:
As suggested, I upgraded the powersupply from the meagre 350W to 850W. Almost certainly overkill, but I didn't really want to play around with this for a long time, so I decided go for safe. Very nice powersupply too - Toughpower from Thermaltake. Well, unfortunately it didn't do much good - the system remains unstable at high load. In the meantime I have also raised the issue with Gigabyte, who have in fact been quite responsive. They sent me a beta-BIOS version to try out, which really got my hopes up. Didn't change anything though - system remains unstable at high load.
I feel pretty certain that this is a Gigabyte issue, hopefully they'll come up with an answer. After all, the problem is 100% reproducable.
Watch this space ...
/Per Jessen, Zürich PS: as a side-effect the new powersupply is _very_ quiet, which is _very_ pleasant.
Per, I will be watching because as I already posted I see the "exact" same instability problems with my: Gigabyte GA-N700SL 2 Gig of Ram Raid1: 2 Seagate (ST3250410AS_6RY28WW1) SATA 250G drives in Raid 1 ATA: Maxtor_5T020H2_T2H34J2 as swap I mean the *exact* same problems. Please do not forget to post any response you get from them. It also may be a kernel issue. Take a look at another bug I have open regarding this instability. The fact that it has spamassassin involved may be irrelevant. A Gigabyte,kernel issue may be the root cause: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=353252 Keep the list apprised, I'm interested -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org