On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:22:24 +0100 Stefan Suurmeijer <stefan@raptorweb.nl> wrote:
Problem is: I've already disabled it and put in an e100 pro. I've even tried putting one SATA drive on the Promise controller and the other on the VIA. No change. I've exchanged the memory for the second time, now it has Dane Elec RAM chips. No effect either. The PSU is an Antec TruePower 430 W, should be ok. By now, I'm actually thinking of installing <OMG>Windows</OMG> on the machine to see what happens. Or Ubuntu. I even installed 32bit SuSE to see if that would help: it didn't. I could buy some Crucial RAM chips, but I'd like to make sure that'll actually help.
So if anyone has ANY new idea, please volunteer it (anyone from SuSE have any idea?)
Well ... it's only an idea ... the trouble is there are so many variables, and comparisons between distributions aren't really a proper experiment because often key variables are not the same ... I've had a lot of lockups/freezes too, though always when using a browser (I haven't used ssh). I've been experimenting with 64bit Ubuntu and with 36bit Ubuntu. I've used the former extensively and have not experienced the problem yet. Browsers crash, but the machine remains useable. I'm starting to wonder if it has something to do with the 36/64 bit combination that's available with SuSe that doesn't appear in 'pure' systems (libraries getting confused??). Or it could be a SuSe problem - I haven't had the time to try pure 36bit SuSe. I've not experienced any problem with Windows XP, which is also on the machine, but I don't actually use it much so it's not really been tested in anger: I just use it for some graphics jobs that Gimp can't handle, and for checking for bios updates (MSI have an automated system). I have MSI Master2-FAR dual opteron, 9.2 - Richard. -- Richard Kimber http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/