Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-amd64 (54 mails)

[Thierry de Coulon <tcoulon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 05 July 2006 04.21, Jason Vertrees wrote:
> To any concerned:
>
> I recently upgraded from 9.3 to 10.1.  For some reason, my machine became
> unstable under load.  It would hang and I'd have to hard boot.  I never had
> problems with 9.3.
>
> My system is a:
> 	MSI K8T800 Master2 FAR
> 	1GB RAM
> 	NVidia 5900 Ultra
> 	3 HDs (2x SATA, 1 IDE)
> 	and usual accessories
>
> I thought it could be a power supply problem, but I have an Antec TruePower
> 430, so that shouldn't be the case.  But, to test it, I removed two of the
> 4 hard drives and that still didn't help.
>
> Then, I salvaged a NIC (3COM) from an old machine and turned off the
> on-board NIC.  That DID seem to solve the problem.
>
> So, if you run into similar problems on an MSI K8T800 Master2 FAR, you
> might want to try that $4 NIC collecting dust in your closet.
>
> -- Jason
>
> P.S.: Kudos to the SuSe team for a great distro -- great work!
>
> --
> Jason Vertrees
> javertre@xxxxxxxx

Hi,

I can't help but I had a similar problem with a double Opteron board. I have 
identified two problems:

- I had to change the PSU (although the first one was supposed to be powerful 
enough it kept switching off under load. I now have a PSU that has a 
different power line for the CPUs and the rest of the hardware).

- I never could make a card with an NVidia 9660 to works correctly, I would 
get a full reset OR a compete hang. The machine is working correctly with a 
5700...

It's interresting to note that both boards use Opterons... Is there a hint?

Thierry 

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